Board Members

Sir David Rowe-Ham - Non Executive Chairman

Sir David is Chairman of Olayan Europe Limited and the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc. He is a former Chairman of Peninsular South Asia Investment Company Limited and Brewin Dolphin Holdings plc and a former President of The Crown Agents Foundation. Sir David has served on the boards of a number of companies including Chubb plc, Williams plc and Lloyds Bank plc (London Region) and is a former Lord Mayor of London.
david.rowe-ham@arden-partners.com

Jonathan Keeling - Chief Executive Officer

Jonathan is one of the founders of Arden. A graduate in economics, he joined Albert E Sharp as an equity salesman in 1985, was made a director in 1989 and Head of Small Cap Sales in the early 1990s. Jonathan left Albert E Sharp in 2001 and then briefly worked for Harris Allday and Old Mutual Securities before joining the team to form Arden. Was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2008.
jonathan.keeling@arden-partners.com

Trevor Norris - Group Finance Director and Company Secretary

Trevor is a chartered accountant. He spent several years with KPMG and had a brief period as a sole practitioner before joining Midlands Electricity plc in 1995, as a financial consultant to establish their energy services company, where he became Managing Director. Trevor left in 2000 to be a consultant to a number of public companies before becoming involved in the early stage formation of Arden Partners and was appointed Group Finance Director in June 2002.
trevor.norris@arden-partners.com

Tony Bartlett - Non-Executive Director

Tony was for many years a senior director of Beeson Gregory. Initially as Head of Corporate Finance, he was promoted to be the Managing Director of the investment banking business. On flotation of Beeson Gregory he became a main board director. Tony has been a Partner at Coopers & Lybrand where he had responsibility for UK activities. He also represented Coopers & Lybrand as a Far East and Indian liaison partner and was a member of the Council of Partners. Tony joined Arden in January 2004 as Chairman of Corporate Finance and has overseen the growth achieved by that team. He was Chief Executive Officer from May 2006 until January 2008.
tony.bartlett@arden-partners.com

Howard Flight - Non-Executive Director

Howard has significant experience of the investment management and broking sectors having held senior positions at Guinness Mahon, Guinness Flight, Investec Asset Management and more recently at Panmure Gordon. Howard is also a Commissioner at Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

howard.flight@arden-partners.com

Grahame Whateley - Non-Executive Director

After qualifying as a surveyor, Grahame formed the Cedar Group of companies over 37 years ago, which now has net assets in excess of £65 million. He is also Chairman of The Local Shopping REIT plc, the first REIT to be floated on the main market. Grahame is also Chairman of Liquidity Limited, an invoice discounting business, and is Chairman of Castle Marinas, which has over 1600 marina berths throughout Great Britain on 7 sites. Formerly Chairman of Arden, he has been involved in the business since its formation.
grahame.whateley@arden-partners.com