Advisory Board

Nicholas Bull, Chairman

Nicholas is the chairman of the hotel group De Vere and a director of the investment trust Fidelity China Special Situations plc; he is also a Member of Council of the University of Exeter and a trustee of the Design Museum.

After qualifying as a chartered accountant, Nicholas spent 30 years as a corporate finance practitioner with Morgan Grenfell (subsequently Deutsche Bank), Société Générales and ABNAMRO working in London, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong. He then became chairman, in 2009, of Smith’s Corporate Advisory, which subsequently merged with Westhouse in 2011.

Jonathan Azis

Jonathan was previously an adviser to Lord Hanson having been a director, company secretary and tax manager of Hanson PLC. A solicitor, he is on the council of the Royal Albert Hall having been chairman of Molins plc and istron plc.