MANAGEMENT TEAM
Matthew Peacock - Founding Partner
Matthew was a founding partner of Hanover. Prior to becoming a principal investor, Matthew ran the International M&A team in London for Barclays DeZoete Wedd in 1989, having previously worked in New York for Credit Suisse First Boston. During the 1990s, Matthew led a series of three successful LBO turnarounds, acting as CEO in each case, adding a 10 year experience base in company operations to his training as a lawyer and career as a senior banker. Matthew has since led investments, and served on the boards of companies, in the services, textiles, consulting, logistics and technology sectors. He has a Masters degree in Law from Cambridge University.
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Simon Gilbert - Partner
Simon Gilbert leads deal execution and management. Simon joined Hanover following 6 years at Shell International, where he led major European M&A activity in the Downstream business, as well as running significant operational turnaround programmes. Prior to Shell, Simon completed an MBA and worked in institutional fund management and private equity investing. Simon is involved with sourcing new opportunities and executing these deals, as well as working closely with some of the portfolio businesses, including holding Board positions. Simon holds a BA (Hons) degree in Economics & Spanish from Bristol University.
Vasa Babic - Advisor
Vasa joined us from Vodafone plc where, as Group Director of Business Integration, he led major global programmes of organisational change and operational restructuring. Prior to that, he was a strategy consultant for 15 years in the London office of Mercer Management Consulting. At 29, he was the youngest senior Partner in the firm worldwide, and worked in a broad range of sectors with a focus, in later years, on the Telecoms, Internet, Media and Technology industries. Vasa has an MA (hons) in Economics from King's College, Cambridge.
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Tom Russell - Partner
Tom Russell leads investment analysis and research. Tom joined Hanover after 9 years with Mercer Management Consulting, where he specialised in the Communications, Information and Entertainment sector, advising on strategy and operations. Tom holds a MA (Hons) degree in English Literature from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
Ian Jeddy - Director of Marketing
Ian leads capital raising with a predominant focus in the United States. Ian joined Hanover after 15+ years at Credit Suisse. Most recently, he was part of Credit Suisse’s Private Fund Group raising capital for hedge funds and prior to that Ian was part of its Investment Banking Division, where he executed corporate finance and M&A transactions in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asian markets. Ian holds a BA (highest honors) with a double major in Business Administration and Political Science from Principia College.
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Susan Fleming Cabrera
Susan Cabrera started her career at Morgan Stanley and then became a Partner at Capital Z until 2004 (a 1.85bn private equity fund focused on financial services and insurance). She has significant experience as a private equity investor and investment banker, and a broad perspective attained through past and present membership on five boards of directors including current membership of the Board of Directors of Quanta Capital Holdings, Ltd., a publicly-traded insurance company. She is an active consultant to the insurance industry and, having retired from Wall Street in 2004, now trains executives in the application of analytical tools in complex corporate transactions whilst pursuing a PhD in Management at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
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Vasa Babic
Please see above.
Martin Laidlaw
Martin is a director of JP Fund Administration (Cayman) Ltd. Before joining JPFA, Martin was employed with CIBC Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd from 1989 through 2009. He was a founding member of the Cayman Islands Fund Administrators Association and is also involved in various other associations as well as local charitable organisations. Martin graduated from Edinburgh University with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, and was admitted as a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in 1984.
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