Richard is a Senior Fund Director at Oberon Investments based in London. He has been managing the TM Oberon UK Special Situations Fund, the TM Oberon UK Core Fund since 2018 and the TM Oberon UK Smaller Companies Fund since 2022.

Richard previously worked at Legal & General Investment Management for 15 years where he managed the award-winning L&G UK Alpha Trust and L&G UK Special Situations Trust as well as several segregated mandates. Prior to LGIM he worked at M&G Investment Management, and prior to that Scottish Amicable Investment Management.

Richard has a master’s degree in Engineering and Economics from Oxford University.

Newmark Security plc (AIM:NWT) is a technology-driven security and workforce management solutions provider strategically transforming into a platform-based subscription business to deliver predictable, long-term shareholder value. Operating through subsidiary businesses in the UK and US, Newmark is positioned to capitalise on the increasing demand for advanced physical security and digital workforce management through our two market-facing brands: Grosvenor Technology and Safetell.

Marie-Claire Dwek

Marie–Claire Dwek was appointed as CEO of Newmark Security plc in 2013. Prior to this, she spent more than a decade in real estate investment & management developing a successful portfolio of diversified investments. Earlier in her career Marie-Claire gained deep experience of the security technology sector as she served as Marketing Director for an electronic security provider.

Marie-Claire is responsible for setting and implementing corporate strategy and ensuring subsidiaries’ goals are aligned with those of the broader global group. She adopts a philosophy of leading from the front and takes an active role with customers and the broader industry alike.

Paul Campbell-White

Paul is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with KPMG in 2000. Paul has over 20 years’ experience of working in finance departments of both large and small groups. Paul joined Newmark from CognitionX, an events and software business, where he was the Chief Commercial Officer developing the commercial strategy for their new software and service products.

Prior to that Paul was the Chief Finance Officer of Brave Bison Group plc, an AIM listed digital media business where he helped devise and execute a new strategy resulting in doubling the market valuation of the group. Paul has held other senior finance roles in Warner Bros., Shine Group, Channel 4 and ITV where he gained experience in managing US operations, mergers and acquisitions, system implementations and process improvement reviews.

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Asset Match is the leading online platform for UK unquoted securities by volumes traded.
Asset Match provides the framework for periodic or one-off auctions in the shares of privately-held companies. By bringing together networks of private investors, advisers, and directors, Asset Match helps to unlock liquidity and enable business to drive growth. By drawing on its deep understanding of private markets, Asset Match has built a client base of over 45 actively traded companies. Asset Match coordinates closely with its clients, brokers and extensive investor base to support liquidity in its markets and it is proud to hold a higher percentage of markets with successful trades than any other competitor.

Asset Match has over a decade of experience in providing liquidity to shareholders, allowing growth companies to use Asset Match as a stepping stone towards a future IPO; those coming off-market to continue trading; and for private companies to feel comfortable choosing to remain private for longer. By providing full order transparency, price discovery and both CREST and non-CREST settlement, Asset Match offers unrivaled transparency, effectiveness and excellence in execution in the private market space.

Iain Ballie, Founder

Iain is a founder director and the executive chairman of Asset Match. Iain began his career at Strauss Turnbull and Co and has been involved in UK and European Capital Markets for over 35 years as a trader of both equities and corporate bonds, culminating in heading European credit trading as a Managing Director of Salomon Brothers. Iain was also a founding director of LBDP, a successful agency broker in European credit.

From 2003 to 2007 Iain was CEO of MarketAxess Europe, the leading platform for electronic execution in the credit market. He was responsible for all facets of the company’s European business and during his tenure MarketAxess saw a ten-fold increase in activity across the platform. Before founding Asset Match Iain was Head of Fixed Income at Christopher Street Capital.

BASH is an acronym for Buy, Avoid, Sell and Hold a share in a company to be discussed during each panel.