Board of Directors - EPE Special Opportunities plc
GEOFFREY VERO (Non-executive chairman) qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and then worked for Savills and The Diners Club. He has been involved in private equity since 1985 with with Lazard Development Capital and as a director of ABN Amro Capital (formerly Causeway Capital). In 2002, he set up the Vero Consultancy specialising in recovery situations. Geoffrey joined as a non-executive Board member of Crown Place VCT in January 2006, a reconstructed VCT run by Close Venture Management. Geoffrey is also a non-executive director of Numis Corporation plc and Close Brothers Development VCT plc.
ROBERT QUAYLE (Non-executive director) qualified as an English solicitor at Linklaters & Paines in 1974 after reading law at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He subsequently practiced in London and the Isle of Man as a partner in Travers Smith Braithwaite. He served as Clerk of Tynwald (the Isle of Man’s parliament) for periods totalling 12 years and holds a number of public and private appointments and is active in the voluntary sector. Mr Quayle’s directorships include Bradford and Bingley International Ltd and Total Isle of Man Limited as well as companies in the financial services sector. He is also a Commissioner of the Northern Lighthouse Board.
CLIVE SPEARS (Non-executive director) retired from the Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd in December 2003 as Deputy Director of Jersey after 32 years’ service. His main activities prior to retirement included Product Development, Corporate Finance, Trust and Offshore Company Services and he was Head of Joint Venture Fund Administration with Rawlinson & Hunter. Clive is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Member of the Securities Institute. Since January 2004 he has been building his own consultancy business offshore providing project and non executive director services.
NICHOLAS WILSON (Non-executive director) has over 30 years experience in hedge funds, derivatives and global asset management. He has run offshore branch operations for MeesPierson Derivatives Limited, ADM Investor Services International Limited and several other London based brokerage companies. He is non-executive chairman of Alternative Investment Strategies Limited, the longest running quoted fund of hedge funds and a constituent of the FTSE All Share Index. In addition, he sits on the boards of a number of other public companies, including RAB Special Situations Company Limited. He is resident in the Isle of Man.
