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• Business Development, Capital Raising & Fund Development: Leading capital raising initiatives for ARB’s flagship multi-strategy fund and affiliated managers, supporting a range of ARB’s internal offerings and sourcing.
• Investor Relations & Strategic Alliances: Engaging allocators and institutional investors with a data-driven approach to capital deployment across diverse investment platforms.
• Multi-Manager & Multi-Strategy Platform Leadership: Sourcing, identifying, vetting, and curating a high-caliber pool of managers to enhance ARB’s diversified fund performance and growth.
• Risk Frameworks & Operational Alpha: Promoting ARB’s institutional-grade infrastructure and rigorous risk frameworks, along with RIVAL Systems, which sets ARB apart as an under-recognized force in the asset management.
• Key Relationships Management: Nurturing key relationships across hedge funds, family offices, UHNW clients, and institutional investors, supporting strategic growth across ARB’s core verticals.

Jackson, Wyoming, US

• Head of Operations: Spearheading a strategic initiative towards enhancing operational efficiency and resilience, and providing an institutionalized, robust platform for sustainable growth and optimal value creation at.
• Strategic Marketing: Taking the helm of Marketing, Investor Relations and Strategic Alliances, with a special emphasis on driving capital introduction and AUM growth. Energy Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) - At Cayler.

• Please visit - https://firstlosscapital.com/
• Identifying & working with sub-institutional Hedge Funds, Trading Funds, CTAs & investment firms to develop operations and grow assets. Cap Intro projects, including First Loss Capital introductions
• Extensive relationships with UHNW, Family Offices, Allocators, Funds of Funds & Institutional Investors including Endowments & Pension Funds
• Best-of-breed Emerging manager searches and identification. Hedge Fund & CTA Development
• Manager Due Diligence (IDD / ODD) assessments & vetting

Stafford, Texas, US

• Original minority investor, driving Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, and Expansion into 10 African countries.
• Bolton focused on specialized telecom cellphone amplifiers and allied peripherals.

• One of the initial investors in various Oil and Gas mineral rights funds.
• CFO - BD & Investor Relations
• Drove O&G Industry business development focusing on upstream institutions.
• Consulted as head Business Development following sale of equity stakes in management company.

Houston, Texas, US

• Head of EOX Introducing Broker & Cap Intro: as part of OTC Global Holdings, driving client adoption of EOXLive.
• Directed CAP INTRO (capital introductions) & Fund Development for energy hedge fund managers to Institutional Investors including Funds of Funds, Family Offices, Pension Plans, Foundations, UHNW, and Endowments in the.
• Executed strategic initiatives to complement and grow OTCGH & EOX in the USA and globally.

• RealtyWealth was one of the original pioneers of online real estate crowdfunding in the USA.
• First portal to offer passive, institutional quality Net Lease Investments with long term leases backed by Fortune 500 tenants.
• See video below, personally narrated.

• Facilitated trades within Natural Gas options markets for US banks, institutions, hedge funds, and producers.
• Interacted with clients such as JPM, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citadel, J Aron, CIBC, Macquarie Bank, and assorted market makers.

• Purchased Beneteau 42 CC sailing boat in 2007 & after much preparation, this trip was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream following a family loss.
• Sailed 7,000+ nautical miles from Houston, TX as far south as St. Lucia, including: Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, BVI’s, USVI’s, St Barts and Bahamas before heading back to Houston.

Houston, Texas, US

• Facilitation of trade for US banks, institutions and producers, including: JPM, Morgan Stanley, BP, Citadel, CIBC, Macquarie Bank, Toronto Dominion, First NY Bank, etc.
• Consulted with institutional clients on structured derivative natural gas deals for customers, their clients, and proprietary risk positions.

• Established luxury Golf and Wine travel destination management company and event planning business, catering to High Net Worth international clients, corporate incentive groups, and companies.
• Partnered with premier Wine Estates, including: Johann Rupert’s Estates (Richemont/Remgro and Dunhill Golf Open founder) and top Golf Resorts in South Africa, as well as exclusive luxury Safari experiences.
• Partnered with Dragonfly Africa Group to market Corporate Incentive packages to US and European clients.
• Business sold following successful work visa attained for the USA (eventual US Citizenship).

Houston, Texas, US

• Founder THFA - Conceived, set up, and launched the Texas Hedge Fund Association ( See Launch Media Below ) as Executive Director with Board made up of icons within Texas Investment Community
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jt9zD1UpCETTnzqyfKphpn2buXvoK2V0/view
• Oversaw all aspects of strategic business development/asset raising function to US and international high-profile institutions, fund managers, trading houses, endowments, pension funds, funds of funds, family offices.
• Negotiated/managed internal and third part marketing relationships to engage an extensive list of qualified, well-recognized institutional and HNW (High Net Worth) clients in the USA.

• Heading up the institutional marketing effort and brokering to New York based institutional clients, including trading houses and banks.
• Desk recognized by Risk Magazine in 1999, voted #1 Nat Gas Option Broker in industry.
• Facilitated trades for select Houston and U.S. Midwest-based producers.
• Advised institutional clients on structured derivative energy deals for customers, their clients and proprietary risk positions.

Dallas, Texas, US

• Established an institutional and retail equities and derivative brokerage operation (Investors Trading Corp.)
• Managed proprietary trading positions on behalf of clients, analyzing market variables and investor profiles to structure customized equity derivative solutions for clients.
• Built the business in 12 months to the point that we successfully concluded the purchase of a 30 person Broker-Dealer in Houston (Texas Capital Securities)
• Held position of Options Principal for firm and headed all option strategies and trading. Conducted bi-weekly client lecture sessions on options trading, portfolio insurance, and yield enhancement for HNW clients.

Sandton, Gauteng, ZA

• Nedbank: Head of Equity Derivatives
• West Merchant Bank: Head of Equity Derivatives and Equities Arbitrage
• Investec Bank: Equity Derivatives Sales-Trader
• Holcom Futures: Commodity Derivatives Sales Trader - Softs & Precious Metals

• Sailed for a year around the Indian Ocean, followed by a more recent Caribbean sabbatical for a year on Beneteau 42 CC.
• Golf (playing to a 6 handicap, up from a scratch pre-kids) & Tennis 4.0-4.5
• Spearfishing, freediving and scuba.
• International traveller with a special affinity for Africa & less developed countries.

Bachelor Of Commerce, Finance, Marketing, Commercial Law

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