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The Board
The Board of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 comprises of three directors, two of whom are independant of the manager. The directors operate in a non-executive capacity and are responsible for overseeing the investment strategy of the companies. The board has a wide experience of investment in both smaller growing companies and larger quoted companies.
David Hurst-Brown FSI
David worked for over 25 years in the investment banking industry starting as an investment analyst with Rowe and Pitman and becoming a partner of the firm in 1985. Following takeovers by SG Warburg and Swiss Bank Corporation and the subsequent merger with Union Bank of Switzerland, David ultimately was an executive director in the corporate finance division of UBS Warburg. In this capacity, amongst his various duties, he was responsible for establishing a smaller companies business unit. He was a consultant to UBS from 1999 to 2002 and at the same time was an adviser to techMark, the London Stock Exchange's market for technology companies. David is presently a non executive director of Imagination Technologies Group Plc, Anite Plc, Ffastfill Plc and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1/2 Plc.
Giles Hargreave
Giles is the Chief Executive of Hargreave Hale Limited. After leaving Cambridge in 1969 Giles began his career as a trainee analyst with James Capel before moving to Management Agency and Music Plc as a private fund manager in 1974. In 1986 he founded Hargreave Investment Management, which was merged with Hargreave Hale & Co in 1988, Giles took over as the fund manager of a Special Situations . He also manages a UK Micro Cap Fund, a UK Leading Companies Fund. Giles heads up Hargreave Hale's investment committee and chairs the weekly meetings in which the team reviews existing and potential investments.
Philip Cammerman
Philip has over 20 years experience in engineering and high-tech industries and has worked in both the UK and USA. He has spent the last 23 years in the venture capital industry, playing a major part in the development of the YFM Group into the most active investor in UK SME's. He retired from all YFM Group business in April 2008 following their disposal to GLE Capital. Philip has been responsible for a wide range of venture capital deals in a variety of industries including software, computer maintenance, engineering, printing, safety equipment , design and textiles. In addition to his directorship of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc, Philip is a non executive director of Pressure Technologies plc and British Smaller Companies plc.