Demir is a developer and project manager with over 15 years of professional experience in a wide range of software development roles. He excels as a solo developer, team member, team leader, or manager of multiple distributed teams. He works closely with clients to define ideas and deliver products.

 Mark Tinker is Head of Framlington Equities Asia. He joined AXA Framlington in November 2006. He has over 22 years as a sell-side equity strategist. He launched the AXA Framlington Absolute Return Gemini Worldview global long-short strategy in April 2007 and took over AXA Framlington Global Opportunities Fund in October 2007
 

Sergio Alvarez-Mena is a Director of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and advises CSSU’s cross-border business as well as the US domestic market. Prior to Credit Suisse he was lead counsel for Morgan Stanley’s Private Wealth Management division, and all U.S. based cross-border business. Mr. Alvarez-Mena also served as Head of the International Private Client Group from 2010-2013. Prior Morgan Stanley he served as lead counsel to Merrill Lynch International Latin America Private Client division and Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust (Cayman) Ltd. From 1989 through 2000, Mr. Alvarez-Mena was an equity partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius specializing in cross-border matters and the representation of financial institutions. He graduated from Georgia Military College Preparatory School 1974, Loyola University of the South B.A. (summa cum laude) 1978; and the University Of Georgia School Of Law in 1981 where he was a Welborn Cody Scholar and an Editor of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law.

Andrew Knight joined Maitland as a partner in 1999 and is now a partner at M Partners, a member of Maitland Legal, a network of independent law firms. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in managing and structuring a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions. He works principally in the area of international corporate tax and structuring with a particular focus on investment across Europe and into Africa, while remaining actively involved in managing a variety of other corporate and commercial transactions. He is an English solicitor and South African attorney and is authorised to practice in Luxembourg.

Anthony Markham is a Partner at Maitland. He has more than 30 years’ experience as an external international adviser and five years’ experience as a legal counsel to a multinational family office. He has a depth of experience in the issues which face international wealthy families and particular experience in managing the transition of wealth between generations. This includes negotiating the allocation of wealth and control with incoming family branches and members, tax issues, tax and regulatory issues and fiduciary issues. After qualifying in England and South Africa, Anthony joined the entity that was to become Maitland in 1983 in Luxembourg, became a partner in 1986, moved to the Isle of Man to open the Maitland office in 1990, and moved with Maitland to London in 2000. He then joined the E Oppenheimer & Son Family office in 2001, and returned to Maitland as a consultant in 2005. In March 2009, Anthony returned to Maitland’s Isle of Man office as a Partner and Director of the entity.

Anthony has been listed in the Citywealth Leaders List for a number of years. This list is compiled through the recommendation of industry peers, UHNW clients and charitable organisations.

Bruno Colmant is Head of Macro Research at Bank Degroof Petercam, since September 2015. He began his career at Arthur Andersen, Dewaay and Sofina. He was managing director at ING (1996-2006), Head of Cabinet of the Minister of Finance (2006-2007), president of the Brussels Stock Exchange, member of the Management Committee of NYSE Euronext and Chairman and CEO of Euronext Brussels (2007- 2009), and Deputy CEO of Ageas (2009-2011). From 2011 to September 2015 he was an academic advisor at Ageas and partner of the consulting firm Roland Berger.

Daniel C. Roarty was appointed Chief Investment Officer of AllianceBernstein’s Global Growth and Thematic team in 2013. He joined the firm in May 2011 and was named sector head for the technology sector on the Global/International Research Growth team on July 1, 2011, and team leader for that team in early 2012. Roarty previously spent nine years at Nuveen Investments, where he co-managed a large-cap growth strategy and a multi-cap growth strategy. His research experience includes coverage of technology, industrials and financial stocks at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Roarty holds a BS in finance from Fairfield University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder. Location: New York