Board of Directors

Appointed 21 March 2019

William Maltby was vice chairman of Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank where he worked for more than 25 years. Mr. Maltby spent a further six years as a Senior Adviser to the Investment Banking Division of Deutsche Bank. Mr. Maltby was a corporate financier specialising in financial sponsors and leveraged finance, and was head of Deutsche Bank’s European Financial Sponsor Coverage and Leveraged Finance businesses. He joined Morgan Grenfell in 1984 which was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1989.

Mr. Maltby was chairman of Mithras Investment Trust Plc, a private equity fund of funds investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2018, when it completed a successful realisation strategy.

Mr. Maltby is also chairman of Ekins Guinness LLP and a non-executive director of Pension SuperFund Capital GP II Limited. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat Marwick and has a law degree from the University of Cambridge.

Appointed 24 April 2017

Trudi Clark qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Robson Rhodes in Birmingham, after graduating in Business Studies. Moving to Guernsey in 1987, Ms. Clark joined KPMG where she was responsible for an audit portfolio including some of the major financial institutions in Guernsey. After 10 years in public practice, Ms. Clark was recruited by the Bank of Bermuda as Head of European Internal Audit, later moving into corporate banking. In 1995 Ms. Clark joined Schroders in the Channel Islands as CFO. Ms. Clark was promoted in 2000 to Banking Director and Managing Director in 2003. From 2006 to 2009, Ms. Clark established a family office, specialising in alternative investments. From 2009 to 2018, Ms. Clark returned to public practice specialising in corporate restructuring services. Ms. Clark has several Non-Executive Director appointments for companies both listed and non-listed investing in property, private equity and other assets. Other public company directorships: BMO Commercial PropertyTrust Limited, River and Mercantile UK MicroCap Investment Company Limited and The Schiehallion Fund Limited.

Appointed 21 December 2015

John Falla, a resident of Guernsey, is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr. Falla has a degree in Property Valuation and Management from City University London and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, holding their diploma. Mr. Falla qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young in London, before transferring to their Corporate Finance Department, specialising in the valuation of unquoted shares and securities, including private equity holdings. On Mr. Falla’s return to Guernsey in 1996 he worked for an International Bank before joining The International Stock Exchange (formerly Channel Islands Stock Exchange) in 1998 on its launch as a member of the Market Authority. In 2000 Mr. Falla joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group. Although based in Guernsey he provided corporate finance advice to international clients including open and closed-ended funds, and institutions with significant property interests. Mr. Falla was also a director of a number of Edmond de Rothschild operating and investment entities. Mr. Falla has been a non-executive director of London listed companies for a number of years, and is now a full-time non-executive director and consultant.

Other public company directorships:

• KKV Secured Loan Fund Limited
• CIP Merchant Capital Limited
• Marble Point Loan Financing Limited

Appointed 21 March 2019

Wilken von Hodenberg is a businessperson with 38 years of experience in private equity, investment banking and senior management. Mr. von Hodenberg has been at the head of five different entities and until recently occupied the position of Chairman of German Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.

Mr. von Hodenberg was a member of the Supervisory Board for Deutsche Beteiligungs AG since 2013 and left this position in February 2020. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Sloman Neptun AG, Schloss Vaux AG and Wepa SE.

From 2000-2013 Mr. von Hodenberg was CEO of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG. Mr. von Hodenberg also served as a Managing Director of Merrill Lynch in Frankfurt (1998-2000). Prior to this Mr. von Hodenberg was Managing Director at Baring Brother GmbH (1993-1997). From 1990-1992 he was CFO of Tengelmann Group, a major German retailing group. He started his career at JPMorgan in New York and Frankfurt (1983-1989).

Mr. von Hodenberg is a lawyer in Hamburg and holds a Law degree from the University of Hamburg.

Peter von Lehe, JD, is the Head of Investment Solutions and Strategy and is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman. He is also a member of the Athyrium, Co-Investment, Private Investment Portfolios, Marquee Brands and Renaissance Investment Committees, as well as a member of the NB Insurance-Linked Strategies Underwriting Committee and a Chairman of NB Reinsurance Ltd. Mr. von Lehe sits on the Limited Partner Advisory Boards of a number of investment relationships globally on behalf of Neuberger Berman funds. Previously, Mr. von Lehe was a Managing Director and Deputy Head of the Private Equity Fund of Funds unit of Swiss Reinsurance Company. At Swiss Re, Mr. von Lehe was responsible for investment analysis and product structuring and worked in both New York and Zurich. Before that, he was an attorney with the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York focusing on corporate finance and private equity transactions. He began his career as a financial analyst for a utility company, where he was responsible for econometric modeling. Mr. von Lehe received a BS with Honors in Economics from the University of Iowa and a JD with High Distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law. He is a member of the New York Bar.

Appointed 15 June 2021

Louisa has extensive experience of the listed private equity sector. She established a successful career at Royal Bank of Scotland and Jefferies as a listed alternative investment funds equity research analyst, with a particular focus on listed private equity investment companies, and has played a key role in increasing awareness and understanding of listed private equity. She subsequently became Chief Operating Officer at LPEQ (now LPeC), an international association of listed private equity companies, and is now an award-winning entrepreneur. Louisa began her career at M&G Investment Management in 2003 and has an English Literature degree from the University of Durham.