Directors and Management Team
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1990
Strone Macpherson
Chairman
Strone was appointed a director in 2003, senior independent director in 2004, deputy chairman in 2006 and chairman in June 2008. He is chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee. He is chairman of British Empire Securities and General Trust plc and JP Morgan Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc. He is also a governor of Heriot-Watt University and a trustee of the King’s Fund. Formerly he was a director of Flemings, chairman of Tribal Group plc, executive deputy chairman of Misys plc and a non-executive director of AXA UK plc and Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Limited.
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1987
Preben Prebensen
Chief Executive
Preben joined Close Brothers as chief executive in April 2009 having spent his career in a number of senior positions at JP Morgan over 23 years, as well as being chief executive of Wellington Underwriting plc from 2004 to 2006, and then chief investment officer and a member of the group executive committee at Catlin Group Limited.
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1988
Jonathan Howell
Finance Director
Jonathan joined Close Brothers as finance director in February 2008, having previously held the same role at the London Stock Exchange Group plc since 1999. Prior to that he was at Price Waterhouse.
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1989
Stephen Hodges
Managing Director and Banking Chief Executive
Stephen joined the Banking division of Close Brothers in 1985 following eight years at Hambros. He was appointed a director in August 1995 with responsibility for the Banking division and in November 2002 was appointed managing director.
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2073
Elizabeth Lee
Group Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Elizabeth joined Close Brothers as general counsel and company secretary in September 2009 and was appointed a director in August 2012 with responsibility for legal and regulatory affairs. Formerly she was with Lehman Brothers and General Electric’s financial services businesses.
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1991
Bruce Carnegie-Brown
Senior Independent Director
Bruce was appointed a director in June 2006 and senior independent director in June 2008. He is chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He is chairman of Aon UK Limited, senior independent director of Catlin Group Limited and a non-executive director of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC. Formerly he was with 3i Group, Marsh & McLennan and JP Morgan.
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1992
Ray Greenshields
Non-executive Director
Ray was appointed a director in November 2008 and chairman of the Risk Committee in December 2010. He is senior adviser to Standard Life Assurance, a member of Standard Life Assurance With Profits Committee and chairman of Octopus VCT 3 plc. Formerly he was chairman of Bestinvest Group, a director of Standard Life Assurance Limited, managing director of Barclays Wealth Management, CEO of Zurich Financial Services UK and International Life, and managing director of AMP Financial Services.
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1993
Douglas Paterson
Non-executive Director
Douglas was appointed a director in July 2004 and is chairman of the Audit Committee. Within the Goldman Sachs Group he is a director of Goldman Sachs International Bank, Montague Place Custody Services and Rothesay Life Limited, and is a non-executive officer of Generation Investment Management LLP. Formerly he was a senior partner in the banking and capital markets division of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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1995
Geoffrey Howe
Non-executive Director
Geoffrey was appointed a director in January 2011. He is chairman of Nationwide Building Society and of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. Formerly he was chairman of Railtrack plc, a non-executive director of Investec plc and JP Morgan Overseas Investment Trust plc, a director of Robert Fleming Holdings Limited and a managing partner of Clifford Chance.
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2074
Shonaid Jemmett-Page
Non-executive Director
Shonaid was appointed a director in August 2012. She is a non-executive director of GKN plc, Amlin plc and APR Energy plc. Formerly she was chief operating officer of CDC Group plc, a non-executive director of Havelock Europa plc, held executive positions with Unilever plc and was a financial sector audit partner at KPMG.
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Preben Prebensen
Chief Executive
Preben joined Close Brothers as Chief Executive in April 2009 having spent his career in a number of senior positions at JP Morgan over 23 years, as well as being Chief Executive of Wellington Underwriting plc from 2004 to 2006, and then Chief Investment Officer and a member of the group executive committee at Catlin Group Limited.
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Jonathan Howell
Finance Director
Jonathan joined Close Brothers as finance director in February 2008, having previously held the same role at the London Stock Exchange Group plc since 1999. Prior to that he was at Price Waterhouse.
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Stephen Hodges
Managing Director and Banking Chief Executive
Stephen joined the Banking division of Close Brothers in 1985 following eight years at Hambros. He was appointed a director in August 1995 with responsibility for the Banking division and in November 2002 was appointed managing director.
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Elizabeth Lee
Group Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Elizabeth joined Close Brothers as general counsel and company secretary in September 2009 and was appointed a director in August 2012 with responsibility for legal and regulatory affairs. Formerly she was with Lehman Brothers and General Electric’s financial services businesses.
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Tazim Essani
Group Head of Corporate Development
Tazim joined Close Brothers in July 2009 as Group Head of Corporate Development with responsibility for strategy analysis, development initiatives and group acquisitions and disposals. She previously held similar roles at Royal Bank of Scotland Group, General Electric and Misys helping each of these businesses grow across Europe and the US, mainly through acquisition. She spent her early career at Barings.
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Julian Palfreyman
Winterflood Chief Executive
Julian joined Winterflood Securities as a founding director in 1988 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in August 2008, having previously held the position of Managing Director from November 2003. Prior to that, he was an associate director at County NatWest following its takeover of Bisgood Bishop, where he worked as a dealer.
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Martin Andrew
Asset Management Chief Executive
Martin was appointed Chief Executive of Close Brothers Asset Management division in May 2008 having joined Close Wealth Management in 2005 as head of the Private Client Business. Previously he was with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) where he worked in a range of roles both in the US and UK, including strategy, distribution and marketing, culminating in his appointment to run MLIM's European private client business.
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Rebekah Etherington
Group Head of Human Resources
Rebekah joined Close Brothers in October 2009 as Group Head of Human Resources having previously been at Royal Bank of Scotland Group as Head of Human Resources for the banking and fixed income capital markets business in the Americas, with global responsibility for the RBS Sempra Commodities Trading companies. Prior to that she worked at West LB, having started her professional career at Ernst and Young.