Catherine Badour

Catherine is Head of Investor Relations and focuses on the development of institutional client relationships and investor relations. She joined Hollyport in January 2014 as an Associate.

Before joining Hollyport, Catherine worked in primary research and due diligence for Private Equity and Hedge Fund clients at Coleman Research in London.

Catherine holds a degree in Political Science from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, which included a semester at Université Jean Moulin Lyon III, France, and a MSc. International Political Economy from the London School of Economics; she is fluent in French.

Scott Lomas

Scott joined Hollyport as a Fund Accountant in August 2018.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Scott taught mathematics at an independent school in Surrey. He holds a master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of St Andrews, which included a year in Trondheim, Norway, researching hydrogen fuel cell technology.

Scott is currently studying towards the ACCA qualification.

Peter Adentan

Peter joined Hollyport as a Finance Associate in December 2017.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Peter was a Finance Business Partner at Dixons Carphone in London, advising senior management on margin-driving activities and forecasting. He spearheaded the successful delivery of a mobile trade-ins initiative, coordinating teams in London and Hong Kong and was a strong advocate for lean business development.

Peter graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with an honours degree in Accounting and Finance and is CIMA qualified.

Yudi Singh

Yudi joined Hollyport as a Fund Accountant in June 2016.

Prior to working at Hollyport, Yudi qualified as an ACA at Deloitte. Primarily focused on the financial services industry, his clients included some of the most globally recognisable Private Equity firms.

Post qualification he joined Barclays as part of a select intake of Finance Analysts on the Qualified Accountant Rotation Programme. Aligned to the Business Performance & Analytics team, the majority of Yudi’s time was spent within the Investment Bank focusing on forecasting and revenue analysis.

Yudi graduated with a BSc honours degree from University College London.

Mei Chan

Mei joined Hollyport in March 2017 as Head of Finance.

Mei qualified as an ACA with HW Fisher & Company. Post qualification, she worked at Ingenious Investments where she was responsible for the financial management and reporting of their media investment funds – their largest business division with £2billion AUM at the time.

Mei graduated from Glasgow University with an honours degree in Accounting and Finance.

Ronan Curran

Ronan joined Hollyport in September 2018 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Ronan completed his Accountancy training contract in the Banking & Capital Markets assurance department at Ernst & Young.

Ronan holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in International Management from the London School of Economics, which included a semester studying at Peking University in Beijing.

Alexander Gems

Alex joined Hollyport in 2018 as an Analyst in the Investment Appraisal team.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Alex started his career in the Banking and Capital Markets audit and assurance department at PwC, where he obtained his ACA qualification. His main clients included investment and retail banks.

Alex graduated with a Masters in Mathematics from the University of Oxford and has completed both exams required for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association.

Christoph Baumann

Christoph joined Hollyport in October 2017 as an Associate in the Investment Appraisal team.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Christoph worked as a Manager at PwC in the Transaction Services department with a focus on Financial Due Diligence based in London and Vienna. He was involved in large-cap and cross-border transactions for both corporate and private equity clients with a special focus on the Industrial Products & Services and the Retail & Consumer sector.

Christoph holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business Economics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and speaks fluent German and French.

Lama Al-Masri

Lama joined Hollyport as an Associate in the Marketing team in April 2015, before joining the Investment Appraisal team in 2016.

Before joining Hollyport, Lama worked in primary research organising due diligence events for Private Equity and Hedge Fund clients at Coleman Research in London.

Lama holds a degree in Finance Accounting and Management from University of Nottingham, and an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. She is fluent in Arabic.

David Rumpf

David joined Hollyport in July 2016 as an Associate in the Investment Appraisal team.

Prior to joining Hollyport, David worked in the M&A division of Commerzbank, based in London and Frankfurt, where he was involved in large-cap and cross-border transactions. Before this he also worked at Fieldstone Private Capital Group and SMA Solar Technology AG.

David holds an MSc in Finance from University of Muenster and is a native German.