Team
Sven Miserey - Founder
- Over 30 years of fund management and trading.
- Fund manager for the Coast Freehold Income Fund and the CAP Sustainable Agriculture Fund.
- Previously portfolio manager at GLG Partners. Set up GLG's structured credit portfolio (CDO).
- Co-inventor and patent holder of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Cleared Interest Rate Swaps.
- Managed over EUR 15 billion in various long-only credit and money-market funds for the Commerzbank Group.
- BBa Finance George Washington University.
sven@capital-advisory.com
Charles-Edouard Bith - Chief Operating Officer
- Over 25 years experience, both on the sell side and trading of fixed income products.
- Before joining CAP, Charles-Edouard was head of rates' sales at RBS.
- Previously, Deputy CEO of the Scotiabank French branch.
- Master in finance from Paris I University (Sorbonne), MBA from EOGN-HEC-Paris II (Assas).
charles-edouard@capital-advisory.com
Roberto Falzoni – Fund Manager – Masayume Funds
- Founder and manager of Denarius Conseils & Gestion S.A., a Geneva-based multi-family office and wealth management company.
- Founder of Dukre Asset Management S.A., an independent asset management firm in Geneva.
- Director of GDP Gestion de Patrimoines S.A., a multi-family office in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Head of PB Capital Markets and Derivatives at Credit Lyonnais (Suisse) S.A. in Geneva. CBC Banque, Groupe Tradicion in Lausanne.
- Founding chairman, member of the Executive Committee for the CFA (UK) Society for three years.
- Degree in Business Management from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciale (HEC) in Lausanne.
roberto@capital-advisory.com
Antoine Briant - Fund Manager - Masayume Funds
- Asset Manager to the Masayume Go.Fx2 Fund.
- 35 years management and consultancy experience in fund management.
- Since 2010 : MD and Founder of amLeague, an Index Provider up from actively managed portfolios ran by 40+ asset managers.
- 2007-2010 : MD of Global Bonds Advisors, based in Geneva, manager of Govies Funds set by AssetFi.
- 1995-2007 : Founder and CEO of GoFx2 am, Paris based asset manager, specialized in Govies funds for big French institutionals (sold to AssetFi). AUM record over EUR 500M.
antoine@capital-advisory.com
Arik Zalishnik – Fund Manager – Masayume Funds
- Manager of the Reflex strategy.
- Over 30 years of investment, trading and fund management experience.
- Has managed the Reflex Discretionary Fund and clients' managed accounts as a senior trader at Dukre Asset Management (where he also managed the Deutsche Bank DBSelect investment platform).
- Co-founded Alternativa Portfolio Management & Consultancy ltd in Israel (trading and portfolio management).
- Served 3 years in the Israel military service. Studied economics at Haifa University, Israel.
arik@capital-advisory.com
David Gray - Fund Manager - CAP Sustainable Agriculture Fund
- Investment Manager to the CAP Sustainable Agriculture Fund.
- Over 25 years banking and corporate finance experience covering multiple sectors globally.
- Formerly Partner, Altima Partners LLP, where he focused since 2007 on agriculture investment, including real asset acquisitions.
- Helped raise and manage sector specific agriculture fund which totaled approximately $700 million.
- Oversaw portfolio of unlisted agri investments on multiple continents before selling them and returning capital to investors 2015-2016.
- Extensive advisory work for early and growth stage listed and private ag-tech companies, as well as investors covering multiple facets of the food and agriculture sector.
- MA (Hons) in Jurisprudence from Oxford University; completed the Executive Program, Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia.
david@capital-advisory.com
Ian Monks - Fund Manager - CAP Sustainable Agriculture Fund
- Investment Manager to the CAP Sustainable Agriculture Fund.
- Rural property professional with 37 years of experience in the sector and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
- A Senior Partner and Head of Rural at Bidwells LLP.
- Oversaw close to 400,000 hectares of farmland and advised a number of European Pension Funds on their strategy fo rbuilding global portfolios.
- In the UK, advised the Wellcome Trust on the £249 million acquisition of the Co-Op Group’s farms with an ongoing role to develop the portfolio.
- Advised the South Yorkshire Pension Authority on building up the largest portfolio of Grade 1 farmland in the UK.
- Trustee, Director and Adviser to a number of private farming and property businesses including Elveden Farms Ltd, one of the largest lowland farming estates in the UK.
- Studied at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.
Ian@capital-advisory.com
Ken Kinsey-Quick, CFA – Fund Manager – Hedge Funds
- Over 25 years of experience in the fund management industry focusing on hedge funds.
- Founder and CEO of Diamond Capital Management (Pty) Ltd, manager of the Green and Blue Diamond funds.
- Partner at Thames River Capital, research committee member for Haussmann Holdings (funds of hedge funds).
- Founder of Redwood Investments, CIO for Coronation Holdings’ fund of hedge funds business. Fund manager at Ifabanque (Permal Group). Assistant fund manager at CCF Foster & Brathwaite, Blue Circle Pension Investments.
- Founding chairman, member of the Executive Committee for the CFA (UK) Society for three years.
- Bachelor degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Town. CFA, CAIA charterholder.
ken@capital-advisory.com
Severine Balick - Capital Raising
- Capital raising for foodtech and agtech companies.
- Over 15 years of experience, including venture capital at Quadia, a Swiss Impact Investment Fund, where she led the London office dedicated to Food and AgTech Private Equity investments.
- Severine currently advises family offices, HNWIs and large food corporations on innovative, corporate venture and helps with deal origination.
- Master in PPE and M'Phil in finance from Institut des Etudes Politiques in Paris.
severine@capital-advisory.com
Anna Ferguson - Capital Raising
- Anna has 17 years of experience in private equity.
- Anna was previously Head of Business Development for Praesidium, a private investment office investing on behalf of professional investors in private equity and private credit managers.
- Prior to that, Anna spent 15 years at Triago, the global private equity placement agent, based in Paris and London. Anna was in charge of originating new fund opportunities as well as raising capital from institutional investors across Europe and the UK. Anna established and led the London office from 2016-
- Anna has an M.A in French and History from Edinburgh University.
anna@capital-advisory.com
Gareth Robertson – Advisor
- Over twenty five years of experience, both in institutional fund management with Barclays Bank, M&G and Invesco, and in UK and European corporate stockbroking as a director of Swiss Bank Corporation in London.
- Management consultancy work for a wide range of clients, including Siemens, Compart-Montedison, Cedel Bank (now Clearstream), Man Group and the European Commission.
- Business Development Director of Allenbridge Group plc.
- Trustee of the pension fund of a listed UK company.
- Degree in Modern Languages from Brasenose College, Oxford.
gareth@capital-advisory.com
Tim Doolan - Compliance Consultant
- Compliance consultant for CAP.
- Founded Solutions 4 Compliance London in 2000.
- Compliance consultant for traditional and alternative asset management firms. Responsible for attaining FCA Authorisations and on-going compliance issues.
- 30 years' experience within the financial services industry across global banks to start-up investment management boutiques.
- Extensive experience within the financial services industry across operational and regulatory risk management.
tim@s4clondon.com
Louise Thomson - Legal Consultant
- Legal consultant on structuring and expert witness areas for CAP.
- Worked as a senior legal counsel for Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan and Renaissance Capital.
- Extensive experience in structuring, executing and advising on a wide range of transactions including funds, structured derivatives, synthetic and cash CLOs and CDOs, credit derivatives and other complex products.
- Managed complex international transactions. Set up numerous securitisation and repackaging programmes and structures for various businesses. Experienced in issues of custody, security and SPVs.
- Called as a Barrister at Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2000; transferred to Solicitor status in 2004.
- Master’s Degree in International Business Law from King’s College, London.
louise@capital-advisory.com