Partner | Investment Team

Fred sits on the Investment Committee for Hanover's Private Equity strategy and advises the investment team on target assessment, financial analysis and deal execution. He currently serves on the Board of ZetaDisplay and Lumi Gruppen.

Fred joined Hanover in 2006 as an investment analyst and became a partner in 2011, leading deal execution until 2021 and completing public and private transactions across a wide range of sectors and geographies including the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and India.

In his early career as an analyst Fred worked on the identification and analysis of both public and private investment opportunities across a wide range of sectors including consumer finance, media, logistics and diversified industrials.

Fred holds a First-Class degree in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

Partner | Investment Team

Tom Russell sits on the Investment Committee for Hanover's Public and Private Equity strategies having previously led Hanover's investment analysis and Target Selection process. He is Chair of the internal investment analysis committee as well as leading the strategy agenda in Hanover’s investee companies. He currently sits on the Boards of Escher, Fairline and Kalibrate.

Before joining Hanover in 2007, Tom’s early career was spent at Mercer Management Consulting (now part of Oliver Wyman) where he was a Partner in the Communications, Information and Entertainment practice. Tom has held directorships at multiple Hanover investments including Chapelthorpe Plc, Fairpoint Plc, and Regenersis Plc, and executive management positions at Regenersis Plc including Strategy Director and Managing Director, Recommerce.

Tom holds a MA (Hons) degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford.

Executive Assistant

Sarah is an Executive Assistant and is supporting several Hanover partners.

Sarah joined Hanover in 2022. Previously Sarah worked for The Royal Household as PA to the Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse. Prior to that she worked at Henry Poole & Co.

Sarah has a 2:1 degree in History and History of Art from the University of East Anglia.

Director | Investment Team

Lucas is part of the Private Equity investment team.

Lucas joined Hanover in 2018 and re-joined in 2022 following working in healthcare investing for Goodgrower. Lucas started his career as an Analyst in the UK Mergers & Acquisitions Group of J.P. Morgan in London.

Lucas holds a First class degree in English from the University of Oxford.

Associate | Investment Team

Qianhui is part of the Private Equity Investment team.

Qianhui joined Hanover in 2026 from True Capital where she worked as a Investment Associate in the Private Equity team - investing up to £100m into consumer and retail businesses.

She holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford, Pembroke College.