Dr Paul Jourdan co-founded Amati Global Investors following the management buyout of Noble Fund Managers from Noble Group in January 2010, having joined Noble in 2007 as Head of Equities. His fund management career began in 1998 with Stewart Ivory, where he gained experience in UK, emerging market, and global equities. In 2000, Stewart Ivory was taken over by First State and Paul became manager of what is now WS Amati UK Listed Smaller Companies Fund. In 2004, he was appointed Head of UK Equities at First State.  Prior to 1998, Paul worked as a professional violinist, including a four-year period with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He serves as a trustee of Clean Trade, a charity registered in England and Wales.

Gregor joined Amati in 2024. He began his investment career in 1999 with Greig Middleton & Co, as an investment manager, before joining Bell Lawrie as an equity analyst in 2002, covering an array of UK small and mid-cap stocks. He moved to Edinburgh and into corporate & institutional stockbroking in 2008, holding senior positions at Cenkos, Cantor Fitzgerald and Zeus Capital. Gregor has a MA in Economics from the University of Aberdeen, is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute for Securities and Investment and, more recently, undertook the CFA Institute’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) qualification.

Time Finance's purpose is to help UK businesses thrive and survive through the provision of flexible funding facilities. It offers a multi-product range for SMEs primarily concentrating on Asset Finance and Invoice Finance. While focussed on being an 'own-book' lender, the Group does retain the ability to broke-on deals where appropriate, enabling it to optimize business levels through market and economic cycles.

More information is available on the Company website: www.timefinance.com.