Directors

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ASIM is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee managed by a board of non-executive directors elected by the member firms. The directors are:

Michael Orton-Jones (chairman)

iimia plc, Compton House, Abington Street, Northampton, NN1 2LR

Michael is a solicitor and notary public and is currently a consultant with Shoosmiths solicitors and iimia investment group. He is a co-opted member of the Council of the Law Society of England and Wales representing financial services, chairman of the Financial Services and Investment Business Working Party and a member of the Taxation Committee of the Society. His interests include sailing, tennis, gardening, country pursuits, learning foreign languages, reading, fine arts and wine.

Bill Pagan (vice-chairman)

Pagan Osborne, 12 St Catherine Street, Cupar, Fife, KY15 4HN

Bill Pagan was until October 2008 senior partner of Pagan Osborne Group, Law Firm of the year in Scotland 2003. He has been a solicitor since 1970 and is a member of STEP. He is chairman of the Law Society of Scotland's Private Client Tax Law Committee, and chairs also the Accreditation Panel for that discipline. He is a member of the Inland Revenue's Operations Consultative Committee. He is a regular speaker on tax, charities, trusts and investment policy. Having joined the Territorial Army while at Cambridge, Bill served in the Royal Engineers TA for many years, and travelled widely. He is currently vice-chairman (Army) of Highland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association, and was until October Registrar of the Episcopal Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane. He continues to serve as a trustee of several estates and charities. Bill has been married to Gilli since 1974, and they have four grown-up children. Apart from family, Bill's main interests are travel, history and compulsory gardening.

Rod Gentry (treasurer)

Ashcourt Asset Management, 2 Redhouse Farm, Brighton Road, Newtimber, West Sussex, BN6 9BS

Rod is a member of the Securities Institute and managing director of Ashcourt Asset Management. He set up and ran the investment division of DMH (formerly Donne Mileham & Haddock) for 12 years before moving to Ashcourt following a merger of the two businesses. He spent a number of years acting as an assessor to the Law Society's Authorisation Casework Committee prior to N2. Out of work, Rod's spare time is divided between his family and sailing.

Johnston Clark

Blackadders LLP, 30 & 34 Reform Street, Dundee, DD1 1RJ

Johnston is managing partner of Blackadders, a top 20 Scottish law firm with offices in Dundee, Angus and Perthshire. He is also chief executive of Blackadders investment business. He is a member of STEP and vice-dean of the Faculty of Solicitors and Procurators in Dundee. He is a director of Dundee City Developments Limited, a public/private partnership, secretary of Dundee Rep Theatre, Treasurer of Dundee Disabled Children's Association, boxmaster of the Incorporation of the Baker Trade of Dundee and Chairman of Fortay Club.

Sarah Connon

Morton Fraser LLP, 30 - 31 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JX

Biography to follow.

John Crowley

Hawksmoor Investment Management, 3 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter EX1 1QT.

Before moving to Devon in 1993, John had spent most of his career in the City as an institutional equity salesman and investment analyst with Schroders, Chase Manhattan and Den Norske Bank. He qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and in the same year drew upon his wide experience of investment markets to set up an investment department for Foot Anstey, the West Country-based solicitors, where he was also head of the trusts department. John was one of the founders of iimia when it was launched in 2002 as a hived-off merger of the investment businesses of Foot Anstey and another Exeter-based solicitor. As iimia grew into an AIM-listed fund and investment management company with over £1bn under management, John was head of Investment Management, leading the company's private client investment management division, while continuing to manage the portfolios of wealthy individuals, charities and trusts. He left iimia in February 2007 to establish a new investment management company, Hawksmoor. Based in Exeter, Hawksmoor is primarily for the clients of professional firms, especially solicitors and IFAs. John is a graduate of Oxford and the London School of Economics, and maintains his status as a solicitor.

Simon Ray

Aventus Capital Management, Ellenborough House, Wellington Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1YD

Simon joined Rickerbys in 2000 to head up the in-house asset management department (now re-branded as Aventus Capital Management) and develop the business within the new regulatory environment, following N2. Simon has worked in the investment industry for over 19 years and prior to joining Rickerbys worked for a number of investment companies including Jupiter and Tyndall. He is a member of the Securities Institute and is responsible for marketing within ASIM. Simon enjoys playing squash, swimming and amateur photography.

Robert Smeath

Clarke Willmott, Blackbrook Gate, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton TA1 2PG

Robert specialises in private client work at Clarke Willmott and regularly lectures on Inheritance Tax. As well as advising UK individuals and families, Robert has experience of opportunities available to resident but non domiciled individuals and those wishing to make use of offshore trusts. He has also advised banks and financial institutions on loan arrangements to trustees and beneficiaries of trusts. Robert is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Clive Warburton

Hawksmoor Investment Management, 3 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter EX1 1QT

Clive is responsible for compliance at Hawksmoor. With some thirty years of legal experience behind him including more than twenty years exposure to financial services regulation he has gained considerable experience of FSA, Cayman, BVI, SEC and SEBI regulations. He has given evidence to the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee reviewing self regulation and initiated the founding of the UK Association of Compliance officers, which was subsequently re-launched as the Compliance Institute. Clive enjoys many things but particularly good company, great food and a good bottle of wine. Clive is ASIM's director of compliance.