John has over 40 years of experience in the investment trust sector as both a manager and subsequently as a non-executive director. In 1990 John was one of the founders of Aberforth Partners, a specialist investment management firm that invests in UK smaller quoted companies, generally on behalf of institutional investors. Following his retirement from Aberforth, John has been a non-executive director and Chair of a number of investment trusts. He joined the Board of STS Global Income & Growth Trust in February 2016 and was appointed Chairman in November 2019 and intends to retire at the AGM in 2025.
Bridget is currently a non-executive Director of Mobeus Income & Growth VCT plc and Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc, and previously held the position of Chair of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc. Bridget has held senior positions as marketing director at Ivory & Sime plc and Schroders and was managing director of Matrix Money Management Limited. She is also Chair of York Racecourse and trustee of the York Racecourse Pension Fund.
Brigid has significant financial, audit and risk management governance experience, combined with strategy and change management expertise. She is a non-executive director and Audit Chair of Strategic Equity Capital plc, a non-executive director of Northern Venture Trust PLC, a member of the Finance Committee of Newnham College, Cambridge and a Trustee of Muscular Dystrophy UK. She is a qualified chartered accountant, with an executive career in professional services and investment banking, and as a strategic change management consultant. Brigid has been a non-executive director for a variety of organisations in the public, private and third sectors over the past 20 years and has extensive Audit Committee Chair experience. She holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from London Business School. Brigid was appointed to the Board of STS Global Income & Growth Trust plc in March 2024.
Gillian has extensive asset management and investment research experience. She is the founder of Denny Ellison, an independent investment research and training company, and was its Managing Director for ten years. Prior to this, she worked as an equity research analyst for several years at Putnam Investments and Insight Investment. Gillian is a non-executive director of International Biotechnology Trust plc, Octopus Apollo VCT plc and Melrose Industries plc. She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and MEng and BSc degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was appointed to the Board of STS Global Income & Growth Trust plc in September 2023.
Sarah has extensive experience in corporate strategy, product and technology, marketing and operations. She is currently the Chief Development Officer for the NEC Group, owned by Blackstone Inc, having previously worked in general management roles for a variety of fast growing, international scale up businesses including Prodigy Finance Ltd, Square Inc and Tough Mudder Inc. Her career began with Bain & Company before working in strategy on a range of international projects for businesses and not for-profit organisations. She was appointed to the Board of STS Global Income & Growth Trust in October 2018.
Alexandra is an experienced non-executive director across listed and private organisations in the finance, real estate, sport and media sectors. She is a non-executive committee member at the Bank of England, and a non-executive director of W1M (L&C Waverton Investment Management Group) and Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust, as well as being Senior Independent Director at Facilities by ADF plc. Previous board roles include Knight Frank LLP, FTSE 250 Dowlais Group plc, and the All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Ltd.
Alexandra’s international executive career spanned investment banking, global capital markets, and investment management, including as Managing Director of Global Markets at Barclays plc, and prior to that Director of Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Alexandra is a Fellow of Chapter Zero, and a member of the Finance Committee at University of Cambridge. She holds an MA Hons Economics from Cambridge University, is a Chartered Member of the CISI (MCSI), a Green and Sustainable Finance Professional, Chartered Banker Institute (CCBI GSFP), and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.
She was appointed to the board of STS Global Income and Growth Trust in April 2022. Alexandra will assume the role of Senior Independent Director following the AGM in 2025.
James is the Co-Manager of the Trojan Global Income Fund, Trojan Ethical Global Income Fund and STS Global Income & Growth Trust plc. He has 28 years’ investment experience, and has managed global equity portfolios since 2002.
Joining Troy in 2016 to establish the Trojan Global Income Fund, James was previously a Fund Manager at Newton Investment Management where he established and managed the Newton Global Income Fund. He was also the alternate manager on the Newton Real Return Fund. Under James’s management, the Newton Global Income fund grew to c. £4.5bn in AUM and was first in its sector over 10 years. James graduated from Bristol University with a BSc in Politics, before completing his Masters in Finance at the London Business School. He holds the ASIP qualification and is an Associate Member of the CFA Society of the UK.
Tomasz is the Co-Manager of the Trojan Global Income Fund and Trojan Ethical Global Income Fund. He is also the Lead Manager of Troy’s International Equity Strategy (currently available in the U.S.).
Tomasz joined Troy in 2017 from Susa Fund Management, a European equity fund. He previously worked as an Associate at Bain Capital Credit. Tomasz graduated in European Economics from the University of Rome, before completing his Masters in Economics at Bocconi University, and his MBA at London Business School.