Our People

Rick is Chairman of LCH Investments NV, which provides investment advice to the Company. Rick is CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings Limited. Rick joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 1993. Prior to this Rick was with BDO Stoy Hayward from 1981 to 1993, qualifying as a chartered accountant and becoming the youngest ever partner of the firm in 1988, with specific responsibility for corporate finance and due diligence investigations. Rick graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MA in Economics in 1981. He was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 2007.

Brad is head of research at Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings Limited. He is responsible for sourcing new managers, performing due diligence and ongoing manager monitoring with a focus predominantly on equities and global macro. He joined the company in January 2001. Prior to this Brad qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, London (Insurance and Investment Management Division). Brad graduated with a BA and MA in Economics from Cambridge University in 1995 and also holds a post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies.

Dick is CFO/COO of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings Ltd and the Capital Holdings Group of funds. Dick joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2003 and prior to that was COO of Fortis Fund Services (Curaçao) NV where he was employed from 1998-2003. Dick graduated as Chartered Accountant from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1995.

Antonio received a degree in Economics from Bocconi University. He is a Board Member of his family’s Banca del Ceresio Group and was the Chairman of its Executive Committee until 2010. He is a member of the advisory committee of several other prominent funds of hedge funds. He holds several other directorships and advisory positions with funds, private companies and foundations. He frequently writes about finance in Italy’s leading newspapers and was a member of the Scientific Committee of Italy’s Confindustria for 2013-2014.

Caroline Gardiner is Deputy CAO – Global Asset Management at Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) S.A. since June 2020. Mrs Gardiner holds a Bachelor in Finance from Concordia University and a DEA in Finance from the University of Geneva. She began her career at TD Canada Trust in Montreal. In 2006, she joined the Currency Overlay Department of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (Suisse) S.A (formerly La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild) and later became Head of Operations of Quantitative Management. From October 2014 to June 2020, she was Head of Administration, Control & Compliance and Chief Operational Officer at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (Suisse) S.A

Mike is Managing Principal at KB Associates and is a founder member of the Irish Funds Industry Association. Prior to establishing KB Associates, Mike held senior positions at Bank of New York (previously RBS Trust Bank) where he was responsible for the establishment and ongoing management of its Dublin operations. He also served as a Director of Royal Bank of Scotland's global custody operations and prior to that worked at JP Morgan in London. Mike is a director of several offshore funds. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Hons) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting (Hons) from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Olivier is responsible for Alternative Multi-Management research at Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse). He joined in February 2021 and is responsible there for sourcing new managers, portfolio construction and ongoing manager monitoring. He sits on the Investment Advisory Committee of LCH, ACH and DCH. Prior to joining Edmond de Rothschild, Olivier managed a quantitative hedge fund and prior to that was a Managing Director at Bank of America with responsibility for sales and trading for European emerging markets.

Michel is Senior Vice-President and a member of the extended Executive Committee of Edmond de Rothschild. Prior to that he was with UBS from 1979-1999 in various managerial roles. He holds several other directorships and has been on the board of several of the Capital Holdings Funds and related management companies since 1999.

Nicola is an Executive Director of the Company. Nicola has been in the alternative investment industry for over 25 years. She co-founded Dumas Capital, a Dublin based independent research and consulting firm within the alternative investment sector in 2004. From August 2008 to July 2012 Nicola was CEO of Alpha Strategic Plc which provides owner-managed investment managers with access to passive minority equity capital. Before founding Dumas, Nicola was an MD and member of the Investment Committee with Blackstone; in London she established and managed the development of the group’s hedge fund activities outside the US. In 1990 Nicola founded TASS which became one of the leading information, research and advisory firms specialising in hedge funds. She has a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin; her thesis title: The Politics of Financial Services Regulation: Reform and Design in a Footloose World. She is the co-author of two books published by Simon & Schuster: Derivative Markets & Investment Management, 1995; Futures Fund Management, 1991.

Mr. Soldini is CEO of Titanbay Ireland Limited, an AIFMD compliant management company regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Prior to Titanbay, Mr. Soldini directed and managed as founder and CEO, Londinium DAC, a MiFID compliant asset manager offering discretionary management services to HNWI across Europe and Switzerland. Mr. Soldini has over 25 years financial services experience. Prior to setting up Londinium in 2006, for six years Mr. Soldini was principal and owner of Argo Asset Management SA, an independent asset management firm and member of the Swiss Association of Asset Managers. Mr. Soldini graduated in law from the University of Milan in 1988. Mr. Soldini is also Certified EEFAS and Swiss Financial Analyst, holds a Certificate in Company Direction by the Irish Institute of Directors and a Certificate in Financial Advice (APA) by the Irish Institute of Banking.

Maurizio Solaro del Borgo is Chairman of Ceresio Sim, an asset management Company controlled by Banca del Ceresio (Switzerland) and also a board member of other companies related to the Ceresio Investors Group. He is also a board member of Insitor Partners (Singapore), a management company of a group of impact funds invested in South-East Asia. From 1981 to 1988 Mr. Solaro del Borgo worked in the corporate finance division of Mediobanca S.p.A. in Milan. He then joined Banca del Ceresio and moved to New York as an assistant to the Executive Committee of Haussmann Holdings, a multimanager fund. From 1990 he followed private clients at Banca del Ceresio in Lugano and was a member of the executive committee of Lynx Selection Holdings until December 1999 .In 2000 he moved to Milan to chair the Italian based companies of the Ceresio Group. Mr. Solaro del Borgo has a degree in Economics from Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali in Rome.

Mr. Zuaiter is a Co-Founder and Managing Member of Zuaiter Capital Holdings, LLC ("ZCH”), a private investment firm that is unrelated to the Capital Holdings Funds plc and related companies. He sits on the investment committee in respect of TCH. Mr. Zuaiter also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Adecoagro, SA and is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Bank plc. Mr. Zuaiter co-founded ZCH after he retired from Soros Fund Management (“SFM”) in early 2013. During his tenure of over a decade at SFM, Mr. Zuaiter served in various capacities, including the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining SFM, Abbas was a Partner in the Financial Services Practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (“PwC”). Abbas graduated with a BSBA in Finance and Accounting from Georgetown University where he currently serves on the University’s Board of Advisors for the McDonough School of Business. He also serves on several profit-making and non-profit boards, including iMena Ventures, The Institute for Middle East Understanding (“IMEU”), The Welfare Association (“WA”), The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (“AFAC”) and The Middle East Institute International Advisory Council (IAC).