board profile
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The Share plc board meets bi-monthly, and is responsible for the overall strategy and direction
of the Group. Those asterisked are also directors of The Share Centre, whose Executive Group
normally meets each fortnight, and have accountability for departmental activities as shown.
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Sir Martin Jacomb - Chairman, Non-Executive Director
Sir Martin brings to the Share plc Board a wealth of experience from across the business spectrum. Currently non-executive Chairman of Canary Wharf plc, and Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, his previous experience includes Chairman of Prudential, Chairman of BZW, Deputy Chairman of Barclays plc and directorships including the Bank of England, Rio Tinto plc, and Marks and Spencer plc.
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Gavin Oldham - Chief Executive*
Founder of The Share Centre in March 1990 having previously established Barclayshare (now Barclays Stockbrokers) for Barclays Bank, Gavin plays an active role in business affairs and is a regular contributor to radio and TV. An elected member of the General Synod, and a Church Commissioner, he also serves on the Church's Ethical Investment Advisory Group, and is a trustee of pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group) and founder of The Share Foundation. Gavin's responsibilities include all aspects of control and oversight, including the Group's strategy for growth.
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Jeremy Helliwell - Operations Director*
Jeremy previously worked in a variety of project and systems based roles at Barclays, and was part of the core team which created Barclayshare - now Barclays Stockbrokers. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business, including the front office activities of Customer Services and Dealing, as well the firm's IT systems and infrastructure, Jeremy maintains significant day-to-day involvement in delivering quality services to our customers.
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Richard Stone - Financial Director*
Richard, a qualified Chartered Accountant, joined Share plc in April 2006, from his previous role as a Director of Huntswood - an outsourcing business serving the financial services sector. Prior to this he was Group Financial Controller at ECsoft plc (now CIBER Inc.). His earlier investment market experience as an equity research analyst with the US investment bank, Robertson Stephens, included involvement in a number of initial public offerings across Europe, and will enable him to contribute to the further development of Share plc's profile in addition to managing the financial and administrative affairs of the Group.
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Guy Knight - Sales & Marketing Director*
With extensive practical experience across the insurance, investment banking, stock broking and retail banking sectors, Guy is responsible for PR, communications, and brand management. He maintains active involvement in product and pricing strategy, advertising and promotion, and in the corporate sales function.
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Iain Wallace - Compliance and Legal Services Director*
Iain brings his experience as a private client stockbroker and latterly a regulator with the Securities and Futures Authority, (now the Financial Services Authority), to directly bear on maintaining a strong compliance culture that delivers clear, fair and effective services for our customers. He maintains oversight of the ShareMark and ShareFunds services for corporate clients, as well as The Share Centre's advice service and HR functions.
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Peter Forster - Business Development Director
Drawing on his extensive network of contacts across the financial services sector, Peter provides pivotal links between The Share Centre and its corporate clients, establishing new relationships and deepening and extending existing connections to provide mutually profitable services.
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Richard Tolkien - Non-Executive Director
Richard's background and experience as a corporate finance adviser, with Morgan Grenfell, as Managing Director and latterly Co-Head of HSBC's Corporate Finance and Advisory Division and as an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank, enables him to contribute significantly to the Group, including the development of ShareMark. Richard is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is also a non-executive director of Parkwood Holdings plc.
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advisors
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Brokers
The Share Centre Limited
Oxford House, Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Bucks HP21 8SZ
Principal Bankers
Bank of Scotland
New Uberior House, 11 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh EH3 9BN
Registrars
Capita Registrars
Northern House, Woodsome Park, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 0LA
Public Relations
Lansons Communications
24a St John's Street, London
Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Stonecutter Court, 1 Stonecutter Street, London EC4A 4TR
Solicitors
Travers Smith Braithwaite
10 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2AL
Dechert LLP
2 Serjeants' Inn, London EC4Y 1LT
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regulation and memberships
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The Share Centre is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, reference number
146768.
It is also a member firm of the London Stock Exchange and an accredited manager for the following
government-sponsored investment accounts:
- Personal Equity Plans
- Individual Savings Accounts
- Child Trust Funds
- Share Incentive Plans
- EIS Fund administration
- Self-invested Personal Pensions (via SIPP deal)
The Share Centre is an 'Investors in People' organisation, and operates to the ISO9002 quality mark standard.
Additional Memberships include the following:
- APCIMS (the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers)
- QCA (the Quoted Company Alliance)
- pfeg (the Personal Finance Education Group)
- TISA (the Tax Incentivised Savings Association)
The Share Centre (Investment Management) Ltd is regulated separately under the Financial Services Authority,
and is a member of the IMA (Investment Management Association).
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