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Speakers 
Mr Manuel Anguita,
Managing Director,
Vega Asset Management
Manuel Anguita is a Managing Director in Vega. Previously, Manuel held different positions with Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch in New York and London. Manuel earned his Engineering degree from the Madrid Polytechnical University and graduated with an MBA as Fulbright Scholar at the Stanford Business School, CA, USA. Manuel is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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 Alfonso Balsera,
Societe Generale
B.A. on Economics at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, and Finantial Markets studies at London School of Economics. Starts working in the Spanish Finantial Market at Deutsche Bank and Barclays prior to moved to the Asset Management Industry at INVESCO and Gartmore, where he was Sales Manager responsible for the Iberian Market. Joined SOCIETE GENERALE 2 years ago as responsable of the Structured and Derivatives Institutional Business in Spain
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Mr Theodore Bazu,
Co-Head of Structured Alternative Investment Products,
IXIS CIB
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 Mr Sergio Belza,
CFA,
Independent Financial Advisor
Sergio Belza is an independent financial advisor based in Madrid. He advises Spanish investors on foreign hedge funds. Prior to this, he was fund of funds manager at INVESCO in Paris from 2003 to 2005, where he had direct responsibility for managing 400 mio Euro and helped manage 2 bn Euro. From 2001 to 2003 he was equity fund manager at INVESCO in Frankfurt, where he managed global equity funds with direct responsibility for 600 Mio Euro. Sergio Belza started his professional career at Deutsche Boerse in Frankfurt, where he joined the team who developed the Neuer Markt, the stock exchange segment for high tech companies. Sergio Belza holds a M.S. with honors in Business Administration from the University of Barcelona, a specialization in Finance from the University of Mannheim, has been a research assistant in Financial Mathematics at the University of Barcelona and is a CFA Charterholder.
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 Mr Gabriel Bobadilla,
Head of Asset Management,
Omega Capital
Gabriel F. Bobadilla is Head of Asset Management at Omega Capital, where he has worked since the year 2000, and Chairman of Omega Asset Management Ltd (UK), the alternative investment arm of Omega Capital. He is a director of Laredo Umbrella Fund an Irish-domiciled fund of funds of which Omega Asset Management is the Investment Manager. He has lectured on the subject of Hedging and Risk Management at CEMFI and on Corporate Finance at the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid). He received a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from CEMFI (Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros), foundation of the Bank of Spain, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Caltech (California Institute of Technology, USA) and a Ph.D. and Industrial Engineer degrees from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (U.P.M.). He holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation. He is also a board member of Neotec Capital Riesgo, S.C.R.
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 Guy Boden,
Head of Research - Hedge Funds and Fixed Income,
Standard & Poors
• Guy Boden, MBA (Edinburgh University) and ASIP.
• Spent four years as an investment analyst with CCF Laurence Prust.
• Joined Fund Research in 1995, initially covering equity funds and then fixed income funds.
• Started covering fund of hedge funds in 2000 and now heads the fund of hedge funds and fixed income research team.
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 Steven L. Bossi,
Head of Funds of Hedge Funds,
DB Absolute Return Strategies
Head of Funds of Hedge Funds for DB Absolute Return Strategies: New York Joined the Company in 2001 after 9 years of experience as president and chief investment officer of small firm actively invested in hedge funds and as fixed income portfolio manager at Aetna Life & Casualty.
BS from University of Connecticut; MBA from University of Chicago
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 Mr Jose Martin Cabiedes,
Partner, International Relations and Business Development,
BBVA & Partners
Founding Partner, I.R. & Business Development.
Previously responsible for the Long/Short portfolio in TMT within BBVA&Partners
Ex-V.P. responsible for Fundamental Relative Value trading in the TMT for BSCH Equity
Prior, Options specialist at Bco.Santander running the long-dated OTC equity derivatives.
Bachelor in industrial Engineering by ICAI Univ. And MBA from IESE University.
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Gil Caffray,
Partner,
FrontPoint Partners, USA
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 Mr Jorge Canta,
Lawyer,
Cuatrecasas
Specialist in financial and tax law. He has a broad experience with taxation and regulatory matters of institutions and financial products as legal counsel to financial entities.
Has broad experience as a legal advisor on structuring financial products for Spanish Financial Institutions such as Pension Funds, Insurance Companies or Investment Funds.
Bachelor of Laws Universidad de Deusto, Madrid and member of the Madrid bar association. LLM in Tax by the Instituto de Empresa of Madrid. He is a lecturer at the Financial Studies Center, Options and Futures institute and ICADE.
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Jaime Castan,
Manaing Director,
Vega Fund Holdings
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 Mr Carlos Cerezo,
Chief Investment Officer,
Belgravia Capital
Carlos Cerezo, Chief Investment Officer, Belgravia Capital, SGIIC, SA. Before Belgravia, Carlos worked for Park Place Capital, Ltd, London, for five years as Head of Research and as European fund manager. Previously, Carlos was a sell-side analyst at UBS, London, after leading the Spanish equities team of Nomura International, London. Carlos started his career in COFIR (private equity), where he became Director of Investments. MBA from Columbia Business School, New York, 1989, after graduating in Economics at CUNEF, Madrid, in 1987.
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Mr Antonio de Azpiazu,
Director General,
Standard & Poors Investment Services
Antonio de Azpiazu, senior director, heads the Standard & Poor's Investment Services office in Madrid.
Covering Spain and Portugal, Antonio, directs sales and client service activities related to Standard & Poor’s Independent Equity Research, Fund Information and Ratings, Data and Portfolio Services. His team’s primary focus is to draw on S&P’s research, insights and analytics to deliver portfolio strategies, asset allocation services, and fund research and recommendations to institutional clients. Antonio also manages the licensing of Standard & Poor’s alternative indices including the S&P Hedge Fund Index, S&P Managed Futures Index, S&P Equity Long/Short Index, S&P Commodity Indices, and others.
Antonio joined the London office of Standard & Poor’s in 1998. In 2000, he moved to Madrid to open the Investment Services office.
Antonio holds a BA degree in International Business Communication from Ulster University in the U.K. as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Hull also in the U.K.
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 Pierangelo De Bona,
Marketing Manager,
Citco Bank Nederland N.V
Pierangelo joined the marketing team of Citco Bank Nederland in 2002. He started his career as Head Middle Office at Credit Suisse First Boston before joining Julius Baer Investment Fund Services as a Hedge Fund Trader. In 1997, he became Head Trading Investment Funds at Credit Suisse Private Banking Division. He has more than 15 year’s experiences in alternative investments, especially on trading and Operations. He holds a Diploma of Commerce Zurich and studied three years electrical engineering.
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Mr Jose Maria del Cano,
Deputy Editor,
Actualidad Economica
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 Mr Esteban Estevez,
Senior Vice President,
Optimal
Esteban Estevez, Senior Vice President in Optimal Investment Services, is reponsible for the business development in Spain, Portugal & Latam. He has been working in Santander Group for the past 11 years with different management responsabilities. Prior to Santander, Esteban worked as a lawyer for Garrigues and as consultant for Accenture. He holds a Banking Programme Degree (Insead School of Management) and a Bachelor Degree in Businees Administration & Law (Comillas University-ICADE- Madrid).
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 Sasha Evers,
First Vice President,
Mellon Global Investments Iberia
Born in 1967, Sasha’s experience in the financial industry started with Indocam in 1997(Credit Agricole Group) where he was responsible for all marketing and sales activities of alternative products in the south of Europe and Iberoamérica for two years.
He joined Mellon Global Investments in 1999 and established the Spanish office based in Madrid which he presently heads sales.
Mellon Global Investments offices in Spain provide Spanish and Portuguese institutional clients access to the traditional and alternative investment products of the 11 specialised asset managers of the Mellon group.
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 Mr Carlos Fernandez-Rubies,
President,
CM Capital Markets Bolsa
Carlos Fernández-Rubíes is a partner, Director and member of the Board of CM Capital Markets Holding, S.A. and CM Capital Markets Brokerage, S.A. Agencia de Valores, and President of CM Capital Markets Bolsa, Sociedad de Valores, S.A. He began his career in 1986 at the Spanish Ministry of Economy, in the Spanish Foreign Commerce Office. From 1989 to 1991, he was Deputy Superintendent of the Public Debt Department at the Spanish Treasury and Financial Policy Department of the Ministry of Economy. In 1991 he joined CM Capital Markets Group. He holds a B.A. in Business and Economics from Universidad Complutense (Madrid).
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 Mr Marc Garrigasait,
Managing Director,
Fima
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 Mr David H. Stocks,
CFA, CAIA,
Omega Asset Management
Mr. Stocks joined Omega in August 2005 as CEO of Omega Asset Management Ltd., the asset management company in London. He has more than 12 years experience in the field of hedge fund investing. Prior to joining Omega, he worked for EIM, the Swiss-based entity specializing in constructing and managing tailor-made funds of hedge funds for institutional clients. Mr. Stocks was responsible for building portfolio management and client services capabilities for the EIM Group in Gibraltar, where he had overall responsibility for the management of Gibraltar client portfolios.
His previous work experience includes Optimal Investment Services, S.A. (OIS), the fund of hedge funds manager of the Santander Central Hispano Group. Mr. Stocks was a founding member of OIS when they were spun out of the international private banking division of BSCH, based in Geneva. At OIS, Mr. Stocks was responsible for developing institutional business relationships as well as providing hedge fund advisory services to client relationship managers and clients. Before the creation of OIS, he was the Senior Portfolio Manager in the international private banking division of BSCH, responsible for the discretionary accounts investing in hedge funds.
Mr. Stocks first became acquainted with hedge fund investing at The Citibank Private Bank, where he worked as an Investment & Treasury Product Specialist and later as Vice President of Portfolio Counseling, where he advised top-tier private clients.
Mr. Stocks began his professional career in New York with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company and later with CIBC, working in the area of corporate finance. In addition to the posts he has held with international financial institutions over his twenty-two year career, Mr. Stocks also has experience teaching and consulting. He received a BA in Romance Languages from Bowdoin College in Maine (USA). He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations.
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 Mr David Hince,
Director,
RAB Capital
David Hince, Director, Multi-Strategy Products, joined the Company in December 2002 and is investment manager of the RAB Strancally Fund. He has been advising on/managing hedge funds for over five years, first at the Bank of Bermuda in London, where he headed up the Mutual Funds selection team, and latterly at London & Capital where he ran a range of funds. David graduated with an MA in Politics from Bloomsbury University, Pennsylvania, USA. He is FSA registered.
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 Mr Willem Holst,
Director, Marketing and Sales,
Citco Bank Nederland
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 Simon Hopkins,
Chief Executive Officer,
The Fortune Group
Simon Hopkins has over 20 years' experience in the European investment business. He started his investment banking career with SG Warburg & Co in 1986, joining UBS in 1988 as a European equity specialist. From 1990 to 1996 he spent over six years as a French equity market specialist in Paris, first with HSBC James Capel, then the Japanese giant Nomura in France, where as director of French equities he built a highly-rated equity sales and research business. Simon established Fortune, a diversified hedge fund management and advisory firm, and its research affiliate Global Fund Analysis in 1996. Earlier this year, Close Bros plc, a leading UK merchant bank, managing alternative assets of in excess of USD 7 billion, acquired a controlling interest in the firm. Today Fortune manages proprietary hedge funds including the Market Wizards Fund and the Fortune family of funds overseeing over 1 billion USD in total for a wide range of institutional clients including insurance companies, private banks, family offices and endowments. The firm has also seeded 15 single strategy funds over the last decade through its unique emerging manager program. Simon brings to the Fortune team a deep understanding of global investors and the driving forces of fund investing. He is a regular commentator on fund industry topics in the financial media and has addressed numerous conferences, the OECD and the London School of Economics on hedge fund investing. He graduated with honours from the University of Bristol's Faculty of Law.
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 Mr Rafael Hurtado Coll,
Fund Manager,
SOGEVAL (Grupo Banco Popular)
Miguel Colombás, Deputy Managing Director of Sogeval, joined the company in 1994 and is Chief Investment Officer. Sogeval manage Eurovalor Mutual Funds, commercialized by Banco Popular Group amount $14 billion in 67 Funds. Miguel has a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and received a Master of Quantitative Finance from Escuela de Finanzas Aplicadas (AFI).
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Beata D. Kirr,
Manager, Business Development, Aurora Offshore Fund Ltd,
Harris Alternatives LP
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 Mr Matthias Knab,
Opalesque
Matthias Knab, is a Director and Executive Editor of Opalesque Ltd., the publisher of the famed Opalesque Alternative Market Briefings. Opalesque Alternative Market Briefing is the premier hedge fund information service, read by 39,000 industry professionals and investors each day.
Matthias Knab studied computer science and psychology in Freiburg i.Br. and graduated in economy in Munich. He was working as a licensed FSA (UK) Securities Representative, FSA Futures and Options Representative and XETRA trader. Mr. Knab is a member of the German Association of Technical Analysts (VTAD).
Since 1989 he has been working as a consultant for major German institutions, most notably Allianz and Vereinte Versicherungen. 1998 he created and served as CEO Börsenakademie AG - the first German institution directed at offering educational services on investing themes. Matthias Knab also served as Managing Director at TradeStream Global AG, a technology firm developing trading solutions for institutions and hedge funds.
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 John Kremer,
Managing DirectorHead of Absolute Return Strategies for Europe, Asia and Middle East,
Lehman Brothers
Mr Kremer is a Managing Director of Lehman Brothers Investment Management Division, responsible for the firm's Absolute Return Strategies businesses in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers in 2002, Mr. Kremer was the global head of business development and distribution for UBS O'Connor, for whom he had worked in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and London since 1994. Mr. Kremer started his career in the corporate finance division of JP Morgan in 1986. Mr. Kremer holds a BA in East Asian Studies from Middlebury College and a MA in International Affairs and Economics from the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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 Juan Laborda Herrero,
Chief Economist,
BBVA & Partners
Juan Laborda Herrero, Chief Economist BBVA&Partners.
Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Zaragoza and a Master in Monetary Policy and Finance from the Bank of Spain (CEMFI). He initiated his professional career in 1992 at Argentaria Bank, then joining Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank in Spain as Chief Economist. Most recently Juan has acted as director in the Strategy and Analysis department of Barclays in Spain.
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Michael Litt,
Portfolio Manager,
Frontpoint Multi Strategy Partners
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 Mr Jesus Mardomingo,
Partner,
Cuatrecasas
Specialist in banking law. Has broad experience as a legal advisor to credit and financial entities and investment services companies. His areas of specialization include the distribution of financial products using alternative channels, e-banking, venture capital, collective investment institutions, derivative financial instruments, bank trading and investment services companies.
Bachelor of Laws Universidad Complutense, Madrid and member of the Madrid bar association. Master in Real Estate Companies by the Architecture High School of Madrid. He is a lecturer at the ICAM, Instituto de Empresa, Financial Studies Fundation, ICADE. Author of several collective books related to his sector. Regular collaborator in the financial press.
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 Mr Angel Martinez-Aldama,
Managing Director,
Inverco
• Since January 1.995. INVERCO, Spanish Association of Investment and Pension Funds. Since April 2001, MANAGING DIRECTOR.
- EFRP (European Federation for Retirement Provision), based in Brussels. Vice Chairman (since October 2001), and Member of the Board of Directors.
- EAMA (European Asset Management Association), based in London. Member of the Board since its creation in 1999 until its wound up in 2004.
- FIAP (International Federation of Pension Funds Management Administrators), based in Santiago de Chile. Member of the Board of Directors.
- EFAMA (before, FEFSI) (European Funds and Asset Management Association), based in Brussels: member member of the Statistical Committee, member of Classification and Performance Committee (1997-1999), member of Pension UCITS Committee, and member of the Euro Committee (1997-1998). Since April 2005, member of the Management Committee.
- WPA (World Pension Association), based in Madrid. Member of the Steering Committee and Secretary.
- INVERCO Ethical Committee. Secretary
- CEOE (Spanish Employers Association). Member of Committee of Social Security and Labour Relations
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Mr Jose Miguel Mate,
Consejero Delegado - CEO,
Tressis
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Mr Diego Megia,
Portfolio Manager,
Elcano Fund
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Scott Montpas,
Aurora Offshore Fund, Harris Alternatives
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 Mr Santiago Moro Olivera,
General Manager,
CM Capital Markets Bolsa
Santiago Moro Olivera is a partner of CM Capital Markets Holding, S.A. and General Manager of CM Capital Markets Bolsa, Sociedad de Valores, S.A. He has 12 years experience in financial markets. In 1994 he was a Director with CM Capital Markets Brokerage on the Interest Rate Swaps, Corporate Debt and Futures and Options Desks. During 1997 and 1998 he worked for Credit Lyonnais in London in the futures and options area. In 1998 he came back to CM Capital Markets. During 2001 he was the Managing Director of CM Capital Markets SIM in Milan. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma (Madrid) and an MSc in Financial Markets from the Instituto de Estudios Bursatiles.
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Pierre Henri Moulard,
Managing Director, Champs,
Celestar Capital Advisors, LLC
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 Mr Carlos Perello,
Head of Capital Markets,
IXIS CIB
Carlos Perello is currently Head of Capital Markets for Spain & Portugal and future Co-Head of the Spanish Branch that Ixis CIB plans to open in Madrid in July 2006. He started in London as Senior Sales for derivatives products and then worked as a derivatives trader. He holds an Economics degree and an MBA by the University of Deusto and an MBIA by the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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Alan Reinhold,
Executive Vice President & Board Member,
ADI Alternative Investments
Mr. Reinhold (French) is Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Board at ADI - Alternative Investments SA (France), where he was previously Chief Officer for Finance, Administration, and Compliance. He is also currently involved with the regulatory and professional bodies in relation to alternative asset management, and participates in the “Alternative Investment Funds Expert Group” for the European Commission. Prior to that, between 1988 and November 1999, he worked for Banque de Gestion Privée (Crédit Agricole Group) (“BGP”) initially joining the Capital Markets Department.. In 1994, he was appointed as Managing Director of Euro Pacific Advisors Limited, the Asian asset management branch of Banque de Gestion Privée in Hong Kong, where he developed the business by initiating a joint venture in Taiwan (AGRI-AM) of which he was a Director and Vice Chairman. Prior to that, he spent fifteen years at the head office and in several branches of Banque Nationale de Paris (“BNP”).. He is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and since 1989 has been a lecturer in risk and asset management at the Université de Lyon.
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 Mr Michele Romualdi,
Head of Operations, Funds of Hedge Funds,
Kairos Alternative Investment Sgr Spa
Michele Romualdi joined Kairos in January 2001. After co-operating to the start-up of the first Italian Company dedicated to the Hedge Funds management he followed the authorization of the first Italian Funds of Hedge Funds. In 2002 he bacame Head of Operations of the Funds of Funds division. From 2005 is also responsible for the Institutional Investors of the Group. He was formerly (1997-1999) with the University of Rome "La Sapienza" as Business Consultant, and (1999-2001) with UBS Private Banking as Client Adviser. Mr. Romualdi has a B.A. (summa cum laude) in Economics and Finance from the University of Rome.
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Mr Carlos Ruiz Antequera,
Head of Single Strategies,
Optimal
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 Mr Santiago Satrustegui,
Managing Director,
Abante Asesores
Santiago Satrústegui is degreed in Law and Business Adminitration by Comillas University. Since 1989, he has developed his entire professional career in the financial sector, specially dedicated to Asset Management Business and Private Banking.
He is founder, partner and CEO of Abante Asesores, an independent financial group established in 2001 and focus on asset management services and financial advisement to private and institutional clients. Prior to this, he was partner of AB Asesores, the largest Spanish independent financial company acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1998, where he was Managing Director.
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 Mr Rafael Seves,
Macro economic Research Analyst,
CM Capital Markets Bolsa
- 2000 – Today: CM Capital Markets
o 2001-2005 Portfolio manager of funds of hedge funds, responsible for Top-Down research and single fund Due Diligence.
o 2000-2001 Head of the Research Department
- 1999-2000 Santander Central Hispano Gestión S.G.I.I.C.
o Fund of funds portfolio manager
- 1996 – 1999 Intermoney SA
o Economic and Financial Markets Analyst
MSc in Financial Markets from the University San Pablo (CEU)
BSc in Economics from the University of Alcalá de Henares.
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Amar Sil,
Senior Director of Risk Management,
Focus Investment Group
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Augusto Siljestrom,
Head of Market and Distribution,
Altitude Investments - BBVA Gestion de Activos y Banca Privada
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 Mr Dirk Söhnholz,
Managing Partner,
Feri Institutional Advisors GmbH
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 Derek Stewart,
Chief Executive Officer,
Mellon Global Alternative Investments
Derek is Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Global Alternative Investments (MGAI), which he established after joining Mellon in November 2000. Based in London, MGAI is one of the specialist hedge fund of funds asset managers of Mellon. Prior to joining Mellon, Derek was a Director at Liberty Ermitage where he established and developed the hedge fund management department. During this period he was responsible for the management of hedge fund of fund products and was jointly responsible for the launch of a new single manger fund. Prior to this, he held positions of Research Director and a partner at Key Asset Management where he co-managed their hedge of fund of fund products and assisted in the launch of single manager joint ventures. He has also worked as an analyst in the international investment team at Invesco.
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 Mike Tauby,
IXIS-CIB
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 Mr Dario Tosetti,
Chairman,
Tosetti & Value
Graduated from the Turin School of Commerce and Economics.
Export Manager up to 1987 of a private firm with expertise in the European market.
Ten-year experience gained as Manager within a primary Italian banking group in the “Institutional” and “Private” banking sectors.
Financial Advisor to primary private and public institutions providing advice on finance and asset management issues.
Chairman and Managing Director of Tosetti Value.
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 Mr Carlos Tusquets,
Chairman,
Fibanc and Inverco Cataluna
Presidente del Grupo FIBANC
Consejero de Banca Mediolanum (Italia)
Miembro NATO del Patronato de la Fundación Círculo por haber sido Presidente Del Círculo de Economía.
Presidente de EFPA España (European Financial Planner Association).
Presidente de INVERCO CATALUNYA y vicepresidente de INVERCO NACIONAL (Asociación Española de Fondos de Inversión y Fondos de Pensiones).
Vicepresidente de la Asociación Barcelona Centro Financiero Europeo.
Presidente del Salón del Ahorro y la Inversión MERCADINER (Fira de Barcelona).
Miembro de la Junta del Instituto Español de Analistas Financieros.
Presidente del Jurado del “Premio de Periodismo Financiero Schroders”.
Consejero independiente del Advisory Board de 3i (una de las mayores sociedades de Capital Risk de Europa) y Consejero de Renta Corporación.
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 Ms Sophie van Straelen,
Managing Partner,
Asterias
Sophie van Straelen founded Astérias in 1999 to respond to a growing interest from institutional investors to allocate assets into hedge funds. Prior to founding Astérias, Sophie worked at UBS Warburg Dillon Read in the Exchange Traded Derivatives Group, part of the management committee, overseeing marketing efforts, business development and client relationship management with hedge funds. From 1991 to 1994, she headed Paris' Exchange Derivatives' sales team at JP Morgan, building and developing their institutional and hedge fund clientele. Sophie van Straelen started her career at Fimat in 1988, in charge of the OTC and then exchanged options desk on the MATIF. Her broad experience in client and product management in fixed-income derivatives has greatly contributed to the development of Astérias as a leading professional practice in the hedge fund industry. She holds an economics degree from the French University Paris II Assas
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 Ms Monica Vidal,
Partner,
Nmas 1 Gestion Alternativa
Monica Vidal (Spanish): Managing Partner of Nmás1 Gestión Alternativa. Prior to Nmás1 Gestión Alternativa. Ms Vidal was the founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Value Management (UK) LLP an FSA Investment Company specialized in alternative investment products. Ms. Vidal has been managing money for several family offices since June 1996, through a vehicle named Gestinvest. She has direct investment experience in all major international equity, fixed income and convertible bond markets and direct investment experience into hedge funds. From June 1995 to June 1996 Monica was involved in the marketing and distribution of several funds of funds in Banque du Louvre (Paris), one of the pioneers in the creation and distribution of funds of funds in France. Before that and from January 1992 to June 1995, she managed proprietary portfolios in emerging markets for Banesto and before that she was corporate finance analyst at Banco Santander from Sept 1989 to Dec 1991. Ms Vidal passed the Securities and Financial Authorities Regulatory and Markets exam in September 2002. She followed the investment management program at the London Business School in 2003. CUNEF Madrid, Degree in Economics and B.A. Investment Management.
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 Antonio Viola,
Chief Executive Officer,
Altitude Investment
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Mr Richard Williams,
Associate Director, Head of Risk,
The Fortune Group
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