Charles Hancock

Chief Executive

Charles is a senior investment banker with over 30 years’ experience in international corporate finance. He has been involved with some of the most complex transactions of the period: Argyll’s £2.5 billion hostile bid for Distillers against Guinness (then largest UK take-over bid), WPP’s hostile US take-over of J. Walter Thompson, creating the £483 million European venture capital fund for Electra Investment Trust (then the largest European private equity fund), advising the large German conglomerate VEBA on its European joint venture with Cable and Wireless, including a purchase of £896 million shares in Cable and Wireless, then the largest ever stock market transaction. Prior to Anglo-Suisse Capital, Charles worked for Samuel Montagu, Morgan Grenfell and NatWest Markets. He was Chief Executive of London quoted Anglo Asian Mining PLC and Managing Director of LII Europe GmbH, a large German chemical company.

• +44 79 7969 0666
• chancock@easyCapital.financial

Stephen McHugh

Chief Operating Officer

Stephen was previously a management consultant with Cognizant, where he had been providing mission critical operations guidance and expertise at the CxO level to both SME and large corporations in the UK, Europe, Hong Kong, USA and Canada. In his role, Steve’s focus is on driving innovation and world-class operational excellence throughout the business, ensuring Anglo-Suisse Capital delivers a professional and exacting service to its clients and investors. He has over 25 years of global experience in Operations and IT with companies such as Aviva, Telefonica, ART, RAI TV, Allstate Insurance, FPL, Prudential, GSK, STAR TV and Rolls-Royce Cars.

• +44 79 2618 2737
• smchugh@easyCapital.financial

Simon Piggott

Family Offices

Simon Piggott was a Director of Finance & Investment for the SEE Property Fund and a Senior Advisor to Lehner Investments, Monaco. He was Chairman and Director of the Boka Fund from 2005-2008, the leading Residential Property Fund in Montenegro. Chaired the Investment and Oversight Committee from inception and was involved closely with Finance and Institutional Investor relations for the Fund. He has also had a long career in Wealth Management having filled the roles of Senior Client Manager with Lloyds TSB Bank and HSBC in Monaco and Head of Italian Department for Merrill Lynch. He holds a B.A. Hons. from University College London and an M.A. from Milan University. Simon is bilingual English-Italian and speaks fluent French and Spanish.

• +33 6 8086 1129
• spiggott@easyCapital.financial
• Monaco

Kyle Thomas

Research Executive

• ktsm@easycapital.financial