Equara is a proprietary investment group with capital deployed across private and public markets.

Mark Rose is a chartered accountant with a degree in engineering from Exeter University. After qualifying with Arthur Andersen he worked in the corporate finance department of Kleinwort Benson before becoming CFO of a start up cargo airline. After selling the airline in 2004 he joined the Promasidor business as CEO before moving to his current role as Chairman in 2017.

After reading Economics & Management at Oxford University, Stephen qualified as an accountant with the tax office of PwC in London before embarking on a consultancy career with PwC. Following large consultancy projects for telecoms companies in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland, he joined the Bank of England, where he reviewed operations in the Economic and Financial Markets divisions of the central bank. Stephen is a Chartered Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) and the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI). He hold the CISI Diploma, and was recently awarded the Chartered Wealth Manager designation.

Jon Boleat is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years operational experience in a professional services environment. Having qualified with Ernst and Young, Jon joined Clasado (part of the Equara Group) as Financial Controller in 2016 before taking on additional responsibilities across Promasidor. Since 2019, Jon has been responsible for running Equara’s family office. Jon continues to serve as a director on both Clasado and Promasidor and is, in particular, responsible for the management of the Group’s treasury assets. Jon has a 1 st Class Degree from the University of Nottingham.

Born in Zimbabwe, Myles is a CIMA qualified accountant who started working for the family group of companies in 1997. Myles began his career in the financial service sector in Jersey and has since accumulated over 30 years experience in this field. Myles qualified with a degree in Cartography and Town Planning from Oxford Brookes University.

A CIMA qualified accountant Simon joined Promasidor after working in London for 5 years. He spent 6 years in the start up years of Promasidor Nigeria mainly focused on establishing the company’s distribution, sales and marketing divisions. He then moved to Johannesburg where he has been based since and had a group role setting up the Joburg support office and overseeing the Group’s expansion both in terms of geography and products into many East and Southern African countries. He brings a wealth of knowledge of the African operating environment.

Luke graduated from Bristol University with 1st Class Honours in Economics and Finance in 2014, and joined HSBC’s graduate scheme in Global Markets. He became a Trader on the Delta One desk in Equities, market making ETFs, Futures, Total Return Swaps and other delta one products. In 2018 he became Head of ETF Trading, running a large book with a focus on EM and UK equities, as well as Precious Metals ETCs. He guided the desk very successfully through the market crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and then left HSBC in 2021 to begin his new role advising Equara on investments. He is a CFA Charterholder.

Andrew is a member of the Investment Committee. He is owner and director of A.J. Hutton Ltd, formed in 2007, advising private and institutional investors. Andrew previously worked for J.P. Morgan from 1979 to 1997 in London, Melbourne, New York and Singapore; and for Coutts from 1979 to 2007. Andrew is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and a CFA Charterholder.

Duncan is a major shareholder and principal advisor to Impahla Holdings, a real estate investment company with an extensive portfolio of properties in the US and Europe. He was the Managing Director of Tana Africa Capital, a US$600m private equity investment company owned by the Oppenheimer Family and Temasek. Previously Duncan was Managing Director of Africa Holdings and CEO of FNB Enterprise Solutions, a specialised SME financing division of First Rand Bank. Before that he was a McKinsey & Company Consultant, joining McKinsey after completing a doctorate in Politics at the University of Oxford.