Litigation funder Nera Capital has appointed monetary providers veteran Robin Grant as chief monetary officer (CFO).
Grant (pictured) has greater than 25 years of expertise throughout quite a lot of asset lessons and funding methods, having labored in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and London.
In Bermuda, he gained publicity to banking, captive insurance coverage and hedge fund sectors, having labored at PwC and Lombard Odier.
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Again within the UK, he held the position of CFO of GLG Companions’ Fund of Funds division (now a part of Man Group) and boutique companies, similar to Tabula Funding Administration (now a part of Janus Henderson), RS Platou Asset Administration (now a part of Clarksons) and Quantmetrics Capital.
Grant, who’s a chartered accountant, mentioned he was delighted to hitch the workforce at Nera Capital.
“The corporate has at all times been profitable, and in the meanwhile it’s on a steep development curve which makes Nera Capital more and more engaging to extra institutional buyers,” he mentioned.
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“The agency has an distinctive enterprise mannequin the place pursuit of justice for the good thing about claimants is on the coronary heart of every little thing it does whereas additionally producing superior threat adjusted returns for our buyers. It’s a win-win for everybody besides the company wrongdoers.
“I’m more than happy to be at Nera and intention to make a constructive contribution as a part of the administration workforce.”
Nera Capital is a specialist funding supplier to regulation companies, throughout various declare portfolios in each the patron and business sectors.
Established in 2011, the agency is headquartered in Dublin and in addition has workplaces in Manchester and Holland.
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“This yr Nera Capital has been in a position to broaden considerably, whereas reaching vital milestones with a number of investments all over the world and huge settlements being additionally achieved,” mentioned Aisling Byrne, director of Nera Capital.
“We’re assured that Grant will be capable to information our workforce by way of additional development, whereas we give attention to funding returns and justice within the authorized system.”