Executive Committee

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.

Angus Macpherson graduated in History from Cambridge University and subsequently worked for Lazard Brothers, Smith New Court and Merrill Lynch. During his career he worked in London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong, latterly as Head of Capital Markets and Financing for Merrill Lynch in Asia. He joined Noble in 2006 and was appointed chief executive in 2007. A driving force in the merger with Execution, Angus is Head of Investment Banking and also holds a non executive directorship of JPMorgan Elect plc. Angus is an Executive Director of Espírito Santo Investment Holdings Limited and member of the Executive Committee.

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.

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.