Advisory Board
David Clark, Executive Director and Group Treasurer of BSG
Executive Director and Group Treasurer with responsibility for the BSG Group offices in Guernsey since March 2007. Prior to this appointment he was States Treasurer and Chief Officer of the Treasury and Resources Department in the Government of Guernsey. As such he was the senior finance and economic advisor to the Government. Before joining the Civil Service in Guernsey in 1993 he had a successful career in the accounting and audit profession in both Guernsey and the United Kingdom with the major chartered accountant practices of KPMG and Deloitte. David qualified as an ACA in 1987.
Ian Hunt, MSI, MIoD, Director, Fortis Fund Services Ltd. (Guernsey)
A Director of Fortis Fund Services ( Guernsey ) Limited Ian is a Member of the Securities & Investment Institute and a Member of the Institute of Directors, Ian has been involved in the Guernsey offshore Funds arena since 1985, primarily with Rothschild Asset Management (CI) Limited. More recently Ian has held senior roles at Royal Bank of Canada Offshore Fund Managers as Director, Bachmann Fund Administration Limited a part of the Bachmann Fiduciary Group , Director and Head of Funds and Kleinwort Benson Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited, Director and Head of Collective Investment Schemes. He has served on numerous open and closed-ended boards and their associated investment managers.
Steven R. Philipp, CFA, Partner, Chief Operating Officer
Responsible for the operations, risk management and investment policy of Da Vinci Capital Group Ltd companies. Steven has 24 years of experience running international capital markets businesses: 15 years in fund management and nine years in investment banking/brokerage in various senior management capacities in Europe and the USA. The positions included Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of several asset management companies in Austria, the Head of Research - Emerging European Equities, followed by Head of Capital Markets at RZB Austria (London Branch), four years as the Head of Emerging European Equities within the UniCredit Group’s investment banking subsidiary, and most recently as COO for one of the UniCredit Group’s newly acquired subsidiaries, CA IB International Markets Ltd (London). Steven is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has a BA from ORU (Oklahoma, USA), having studied History, German Literature and Business.
Oleg Jelezko, Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer
Responsible for the investment strategy and all aspects of operations of the Da Vinci Capital Group Ltd companies. Oleg has 16 years of investment management, banking and management consulting experience in the UK, Russia and other emerging markets. Prior to Da Vinci Capital, Oleg was a Managing Director at Renaissance Capital, Moscow, Head of Equity Structured Products Group, where he built a leading alternative investment franchise in CIS markets with 40 people in several teams, significant AUM, above-market returns and 30 funds and investment products. Prior to Renaissance, Oleg was a Director in Emerging Markets Equities Sales and Trading in Credit Suisse First Boston in London. From 1992 to 1998, Oleg worked as a consultant in Andersen Consulting and McKinsey & Co in the UK, the Czech Republic and Russia. Oleg’s experience includes investment management, structuring, principal investment and M&A deals in Russia, Europe and South Africa, private equity activities, development of equity-linked products, corporate strategy and operational management.
