The Team

Ian Morley

Corazon Capital Chairman, has over 30 years’ experience in financial markets in portfolio management, alternatives, commodities and derivatives.

He was the founding Chairman of The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). He works closely with a number of trade and regulatory organisations and serves on various UK and international groups involved with Indexation, Derivatives and Alternative Asset Management. Ian is a Member of Grays Inn, the Institute of Directors, the Foreign Press Association and the Securities Institute. He has advised the Bank of England, the Central Bank of Ireland, the OECD, the EU and other international institutions about the managed derivatives and Hedge Fund industry.

Ian  was  a lecturer and Industrial Fellow at Kingston University on the MA Strategic Finance course. He is a noted financial author, including "Morley’s Laws of Fund Management", and has lectured throughout the world on derivatives and alternative Investments. Ian graduated with a BSc Economics (Hons) from the London School of Economics. 

Robert Milroy

Joint Managing Director of Corazon Capital. With over 35 years’ investment experience he has held senior positions in North America and Europe in research, portfolio management, underwriting, venture capital and brokerage. Prior to joining Corazon Capital he spent 6 years managing absolute return portfolios for clients as Managing Director of Corazon Capital Fund Management Limited Formerly named Dawnay Day Milroy Investment Management Ltd "DDMIML" and before that Milroy & Associates Ltd "MAL" in Guernsey. Robert is a noted financial author and speaker. Among his publications is the "The Standard & Poor’s Guide to Offshore Investment Funds". He is a member of the Institute of Directors and is an affiliate of the Securities Institute. Robert is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree.

Paul Meader

Joint Managing Director of Corazon Capital. He has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets in London, Dublin and Guernsey having held senior positions in portfolio management and trading, with particular expertise in fixed income investments. Prior to joining Corazon Capital he was Managing Director of Rothschild’s Swiss private banking subsidiary in Guernsey. Paul is Chairman of the Guernsey Investment Managers’ & Stockbrokers’ Association, Deputy Chairman of the Guernsey International Business Association, a member of the Institute of Directors and is past Chairman of the International Bankers’ Association in Guernsey. He graduated from Oxford University with a MA (Hons).  Paul is a Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute.

Scott Kelly

Scott is a Director of Corazon Capital (Jersey) Limited having built his career at two other leading investment houses in Jersey and London over the previous 13 years. During his time as a Director of Kleinwort Benson (CI) Investment Management Limited, Scott was responsible for the Southern African client base although much of the money he managed had a European focus.

Scott is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and holds a BA from Leeds University.

St John Burke

St.John is a Director of Corazon Capital (Jersey) Limited. He has 13 years portfolio management experience having begun his career with Coutts & Co in Jersey, before transferring to Geneva.
 
In 2000 he joined Banque Sarasin in Geneva as a Senior Portfolio Manager following which he returned to Jersey to join Corazon Capital. St.John is a Member of the Securities Institute and holds a BA (Hons) from Leeds University.

David Le Cornu

David is a Director of Corazon Capital (Jersey) Limited. He has 13 years capital markets experience focusing upon investment management for private clients at "Blue Chip" Private Banks based in Jersey.

He has particular expertise in managing multi asset class portfolios that include fixed interest, equity, hedge fund, commodity, venture capital and alternative investments. David is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Alison Brooks

Investment Manager with Corazon Capital. With extensive investment experience, Alison is responsible for the investment research process and the management of client portfolios. She joined Corazon Capital in 2003 before which she was responsible for portfolio investment and client relationship management at Rothschild’s Swiss private banking subsidiary in Guernsey. Before returning to Guernsey in 1997 she worked in Hong Kong.

Alison is a graduate of University of North London with a BA (Hons) and holds a number of professional qualifications including the Investment Management Certificate and she is a CFA charterholder.

Joseph Paul

Joe joined Corazon Capital in September 2007 as a Client Director. He has spent his entire working career in the investment management industry which spanning over 17 years has seen him gain experience in the UK, Europe and Hong Kong, with short periods also in Singapore and Tokyo. Much of Joe’s time has been spent in the design, management and distribution of absolute return investments through bespoke portfolios or fund based offerings. Drawing on this skill set, at Corazon Capital Joe will sit on the investment committee, manage client relationships, and be involved in the development and marketing of Corazon Capital investment solutions. Joe has studied a variety of industry related qualifications, and is a Member of the Securities Institute.

Outside of work Joe is a very enthusiastic offshore rower having set a Guinness World Record as part of a team that rowed from London to Paris in 2004, and was crowned British and World Champion at the Offshore Rowing Championships in Guernsey in 2006.

Owen Brolly

Owen joined Corazon Capital as a hedge fund analyst in 2007. He has seventeen years’ experience in finance, including the last eleven as a hedge fund analyst and portfolio manager. Previous posts include strategy head in London with Safra National Bank and the United Bank of Kuwait in London where he was the portfolio manager for a globally diversified fund of hedge funds.

Owen is a qualified Chartered Accountant (since 1994) and he has an MSc in Finance and a BSc in Physiology, both from the University of London.

Barrie Duerden

Barrie joined Corazon Capital in May 2008 from LCF Rothschild where he was Managing Director. Based initially in Guernsey Barrie will move to and head up Corizon Capital operations in Switzerland, opening an office in Geneva in the second half of 2008.

Barrie has over 25 years financial markets experience and has earned a strong reputation in the portfolio management arena for the design and implementation of structured products to optimise the risk / return characteristics of portfolios.

Barrie is a fellow of the Securities Institute and the Institute of Directors and has been involved in various committees and working parties in the Guernsey Finance industry and is a keen runner outside of work.

Chris Trower

Chris joined Corazon Capital in June 2008 from Nedbank’s offshore asset management subsidiary where he spent 10 years developing the South African market and went on to build a global role which led to business opportunities being opened up in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Far East and South America. Chris Trower has joined Corazon Capital as Director of Sales and Marketing and will be based in the UK.

Before Nedbank Chris worked for 9 years for a UK and offshore life assurance company specialising in marketing trust and tax planning structures. Throughout his career Chris has focussed on wealth creation and preservation and has developed a deep understanding of ’absolute’ investment processes combined with strict risk management ~ skills that align perfectly with COR.