Directors of EEA Fund Management Ltd

Simon Shaw is the Chairman and principle shareholder of EEA Fund Management Limited. Simon was awarded an honours degree in Mathematics and Statistics from QMC University of London in 1981. Employed in Equity and Law's investment department after graduation, Simon left to join the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund in 1987. In 1992, he was recruited to join Clerical Medical Investment Management, subsequently to become Insight Investment, part of the Halifax Bank of Scotland, one of the UK’s largest retail financial services groups.

Simon successfully managed a range of UK equity mandates for over 10 years at Clerical Medical Investment Management/Insight, having individual responsibility for mandates worth approximately £3 billion and reporting responsibility for approximately £9 billion of UK equities. Simon's responsibilities, at various times included, Director of Research, Head of Group funds, Director of Clerical Medical Investment Funds Ltd and Joint Head of U.K equities.

Simon left Insight in 2003 to establish EEA Fund Management Ltd.

Hiren Patel, Director at EEA since 2003, has for the past 8 years worked in the investment management market specialising in medium sized companies. Before EEA, Hiren was employed at Groupama Asset Management Limited where he was the Group Financial Controller. He also has numerous senior financial positions including Allenbridge Group Plc, EPIC Private Equity LLP and ER Property Company II Limited. Hiren is a Director of E.H.M. Service Providers Limited and Establishment H.M. Limited.