Senior Advisor

Sir Donald is part of the Hanover Group Board and serves on the Investment Committee for Private Equity investments.

Donald brings a wealth of experience gained on the boards of several listed companies across a wide range of sectors, as well as significant knowledge and understanding of the finance industry.

He currently serves as Chair of the technology businesses Tide, PrimaryBid and Adarga. He is a past Chairman and Chief Executive of both BZW Investment Management Ltd and AXA Investment Managers SA and was acting CEO of BZW. He was also Chairman of London Stock Exchange Group, the Sage Group, London Metal Exchange, Smiths Group plc, Taylor Nelson Sofres plc, Amersham plc, Royal Mail Group plc, and the London Institute of Banking & Finance.

Senior Advisor

Susan serves on the Investment Committee for Private Equity investments.

Susan is an entrepreneur in residence, corporate director, angel investor and executive educator. She began her career on Wall Street where she was a Partner of Capital Z Financial Services Partners, a $1.9B private equity fund focused on investing in financial services firms and an Analyst at Morgan Stanley. Susan has served on the board of seven publicly traded companies, and is a current director of RLI Corp. and Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

After leaving Wall Street in 2003, Susan earned a Ph.D. in Management at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management where her research focused on better understanding the factors contributing to the dearth of women in leadership positions.

Senior Advisor

Michael serves on the Investment Committee for Private Equity investments.

Michael is the founder and principal of Sofaer Capital Inc. following its inception in 1986, as the first Asian-orientated hedge fund with offices in London, New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong. Prior to this, Michael was a securities analyst with the Schroder Group in London before establishing the research department for Schroder Investment Management in Hong Kong, where he managed two unit trusts.

Michael has served on several company boards internationally and is an active investor in both private and public companies.

Senior Advisor

John sits on the Investment Committee and he currently serves on the board for Escher and Clearstar.

John has been a member of Hanover's Investment Committee since 2015 and joined full time in 2021. Prior to Hanover John spent over 25 years in the private equity industry at Credit Suisse First Boston, Wesray Capital Corporation, The Blackstone Group and Vestar Capital Partners, where he led the Industrial practice, served on the Investment Committee and spent three years in Japan running Asian operations.

John has served on various boards including Duff & Phelps, International AirParts, Hampshire Chemical, American Axle, Argo-Tech and Colorado Open Lands.

John earned his BA in Economics, with honours, from Williams College.