Prior to joining GAM in April 2008, Paul spent three years as an engineer in the medical industry. Paul holds a mechanical engineering degree from Birmingham University, the CISI Certificate in Investments – Retail and the CFA’s Investment Management Certificate. Paul is an Associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Mark joined GAM in October 2001 and was appointed Managing Director in 2008. He graduated from Liverpool J.M. University with an honours degree in Accounting & Finance and subsequently spent several years in London working for State Street and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. A former member of the Parachute Regiment, Mark is a holder of the Investment Administration Qualification, the Investment Management Certificate, the CISI Diploma in Investment Compliance and is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. Mark is a member of the executive committee of GFIA (Gibraltar Funds & Investments Association) and is also the Chairman of the GFIA Training Sub-Committee, charged with bringing training to local professionals in the finance industry.
James is a Partner and Head of the Funds Team at Hassans, where he deals with funds and financial services law as well as tax.
James is a highly regarded practitioner who has been instrumental in setting up the majority of Gibraltar's funds, including the first experienced investor fund and the first protected cell company fund. He is a former Chairman of the Gibraltar Funds and Investments Association.
James advised the Government of Gibraltar on its funds legislation and he was involved in the drafting of the Financial Services (Experienced Investor Funds) Regulations 2005. He is a former member of the Gibraltar Finance Centre Council and an alternate member of the Gibraltar Investor Compensation Scheme.
He is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Hebrew and he read literature, music and law at Johns Hopkins and Bar-Ilan Universities. James is a member of the Israel Bar Association, the Law Society of England & Wales and the Gibraltar Bar. In his spare time, he serves as Chairman of the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society.