Board Members

Nick Finegold entered the financial services industry in 1987 as an institutional research analyst for Wood McKenzie and Co.  In 1990 they were absorbed by NatWest Markets and Nick moved to New York where he ran institutional sales and sales trading.  In 1995 Nick joined Deutsche Bank in London to help set up their Equity Division where, as Managing Director of Global Equity Sales Trading, he was instrumental in building a highly credible global equity franchise with over €2bn of revenue from start-up.  In the summer of 2000 Nick left Deutsche Bank to set up his own venture, Execution Limited. Nick will be Co-CEO and Vice Chairman of Espírito Santo Investment Holdings Limited.

Keith Jones was Chief Executive Officer at Morley Fund Management from 1999 until he retired at the end of 2006. He was a Board Member of the IMA from 2003 to earlier this year and was Chairman of the ABI Investment Committee from 2004 to 2006. He has been a Director of the National Provident Institution and Lazard Brothers & Co, Director and Partner of James Capel & Co, consultant at the Henley Centre of Forecasting and prior to that an economic adviser for the UK Government during the 1970s. Keith is currently an adviser to Lloyds Bank PLC, an adviser to Permira LLP, a non executive director at AonHewitt, a non executive director at Just Retirement and Non-Executive Director of Espirito Santo Investment Holdings Limited.

Damien Devine graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc (Hons) degree majoring in Geological Science. After completing a graduate training program at Lombards, he joined Merrill Lynch in 1985 where he held various commodity, financial futures, and equity derivative positions. During 1990/92 he was Operations Director for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in Zurich, and between 1992/95 he was Operations Director for Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner and Smith (B&D) Limited.  In 1995 Damien joined Deutsche Bank as Operations Director for their Global Futures and Options group. In 1997 he became Chief Operating Officer, Global Exchange Services, and in 1998 was appointed Managing Director. During 1999 he co-founded the Global Markets e-Business Division. In the Autumn of 2000, Damien left Deutsche Bank to becomes a founding partner of Execution. Damien is the Chief Operating Officer and an Executive Director of Espirito Santo Investment Holdings Limited. and member of the Executive Committee.

Paulo Araujo, an Engineering and Insead MBA graduate, started his financial services career at Continental Illinois Bank in 1985. He was briefly at Manufacturers Hanover Bank before joining Schroder Securities, part of Schroders (Citigroup) in 1991, where he was Country Coordination Committee Member for Portugal and Director of the Iberian Equities Team. He was also a Director of Schroder’Securities . Paulo joined Espírito Santo Investment in 2003 where he is responsible for coordinating the M&A deal flow into Portugal, Spain and Brazil and for screening acquisitions for the Espírito Santo Group. Paulo is an Executive Director of Espírito Santo Investment Holdings Limited and a member of the Executive Committee.

Brian Henderson serves as senior advisor to the Chairman of Espírito Santo Financial Group (ESFG) and is based in New York. Mr Henderson devoted 36 years to the Financial Services industry including 22 years at Merrill Lynch & Co and 14 years at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Most of Mr Henderson’s responsibilities at both Merrill Lynch and Chase were in international investment and commercial banking, with his last position at Merrill Lynch & Co as Senior Vice President and Chairman of Global Public Sector. While at Merrill’s, Mr Henderson’s responsibilities included Director of Communications for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, Director of International Business Development, Executive Assistant to the Chairman and President of Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc, Senior Vice President of Merrill Lynch International, Vice Chairman for Merrill Lynch Europe, Middle East and Africa. Mr Henderson is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Esipirito Santo Investment Holdings Limited.

Jennifer Owens graduated in Law from Cambridge University, and qualified as a Solicitor with Herbert Smith where she worked in the International Finance and Banking Department. In 1998 she joined General Electric Company where she held positions as European Counsel and Legal and Compliance Director within GE Capital. She joined Execution-Noble in 2008 as General Counsel and has responsibility for legal, compliance, regulatory and HR matters. She is Company Secretary to the Board of Espírito Santo Investment Holdings Limited and General Counsel to the Executive Committee.