Alastair Cooper is a Senior Investment Director at ADM Capital with responsibility for Early Stage Investments. Alastair spent 18 years as an Investment Banker, 16 years of which were at Morgan Stanley, within the Equity Division, as a Managing Director based in London and Hong Kong. His responsibilities included Head of European Derivatives, Proprietary Trading and Head of Asian Equity. Upon leaving Morgan Stanley in 2002, Alastair completed the One Year Farming Course at the Royal Agricultural College and has managed his own mixed organic farm since. As an active private investor, Alastair has made a number of investments within renewable energy and agriculture. Alastair holds a BSc in Zoology from Exeter University, England.

Alexander Shaik is a Partner, General Counsel and observer to the Investment Advisory Committee. Alexander joined ADM Capital in 2005. Alexander has over 20 years of legal and commercial experience working on corporate and structured finance transactions. Alexander has been involved in innovative capital markets transactions in most Asian and European jurisdictions. Before joining ADM Capital, Alexander was employed in the Hong Kong office of the US law firm, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, and he has also worked with the Tokyo office of Allen & Overy. Alexander brings valuable structuring, regulatory and legal experience to the ADM Capital team. He received a BA (Hon.) in Law from The University of Melbourne and is admitted to practise in England and Australia.

Annie Rainsford joined ADM Capital in November 2016 as European Counsel with a focus on the Cibus Fund and Cibus Managed Accounts. Annie was previously General Counsel at Motion Equity Partners (formerly Cognetas) and Bluefield Partners. Annie qualified as a lawyer at Ashurst in 2000 having studied law at Guildford Law School after reading Economics at Durham University.

Christopher Botsford is the co-founder of ADM Capital, Joint Chief Investment Officer and member of ADM Capital’s Investment Advisory Committee. Prior to establishing ADM Capital, Christopher ran the Asia-Pacific regional debt and derivatives operation for Republic National Bank of New York. In 1995, he was a founding board member of the Asian arm of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the self-governing body for the derivatives industry.  Christopher has a MA and BA in Engineering from Cambridge University, England.

Christopher Smith is the Head of Investor Relations and Business Development of funds managed or advised by ADM Capital and observer to the Investment Advisory Committee. Chris has 32 years experience in the finance industry, largely focused on global emerging markets.

Prior to joining ADM Capital, Chris was Head of Investor Relations and Business Development at Spinnaker Capital, and before this, was Head of Alternative Investments for HSBC Asia between 2008 and 2012. Chris launched and sold an Emerging Markets fund of Hedge Funds to CITIC Capital, and continued to manage the CITIC Capital EM Fund of Funds for several years. Chris received a BA in Latin American Literature from Stanford University, and an MA in Latin American Politics from the London School of Economics.

Damon is the Investment Director at ADM Capital responsible for implementing the Australian and New Zealand agricultural strategy. Damon is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and holds a Bachelor of Business from The University of New England. He has spent the last 12 years working in Audit, Financial Reporting and Taxation in both public practice and commercial enterprises, predominately in the agricultural sector. In his previous role, Damon was responsible for the formation, integration and sale of a beef supply chain, comprising of Sanger Australia and Bindaree Beef.

David Whyte is a Managing Director responsible for sourcing, analyzing and executing deals for the ADM Capital Funds. Before joining the Firm in 2014, David spent two years working within the Chinese startup scene having worked with KPMG for 7 years in their Consumer and Industrial Audit and Capital Markets Division in Hong Kong and Australia. David holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Tasmania and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Denys Firth was a Founder of the Firm joining ADM Capital in 1999 from SG Warburg where he had most recently been Head of Asian Equity Capital Markets. In 1972 he began his career working in the research department of a major London stockbroker, then joined Citibank where he helped establish their derivatives operations in 1975, subsequently running Citibank’s first swaps trading operations in 1981. He joined Morgan Stanley from Citibank in 1983 and became a Managing Director responsible for International New Issues, Derivatives and Structured Finance in London. Denys has a BA in Physics from Oxford University, England.

Jamie Kim joined ADM Capital as a Managing Director responsible for the Asia Secured Lending Facility in 2012. Prior to joining, Jamie worked for the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), the private sector of the World Bank Group. At IFC, she was responsible for investing in distressed assets in the Asian emerging markets. Prior to this, Jamie worked within the Leveraged Finance team at Bank of America in Hong Kong, the Credit Risk Group at Citibank in Korea, and Cerberus in Korea. Jamie completed her MBA from Fordham University in New York and has a BA from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul.

Jason Silm is Head of Agriculture at ADM Capital with overall responsibility of all food and agriculture investments. Jason has over 20 years of experience in agribusiness investment in both developed and emerging markets throughout Australia, Brazil, China, Europe and CIS. Prior to joining ADM Capital in 2015, Jason was based in Moscow as Head of Agribusiness Investments and Senior Investment Director for VTB Capital Private Equity. Prior to VTB, Jason was Global Head of Operations and Division Director at Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management with AUM and commitments of AUD 1.06bn across beef, sheep, grains, dairy, forestry and horticulture assets in Australia and Brazil. Jason holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Jeremy Alun-Jones is an observer to the Investment Advisory Committee. Prior to ADM Capital, Jeremy spent 10 years evaluating hedge funds for investment as Group Managing Director of Stenham Asset Management and Montier Partners LLP. Prior to this, he worked for Cazenove & Co, Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers, as an analyst covering the UK and European retail and telecom industries. Jeremy received an M.A in Human Sciences from Oxford University. Jeremy is based in London.

Lisa Genasci oversees sustainability of the Cibus Fund. Lisa established The ADM Capital Foundation ten years ago as an innovative philanthropic vehicle to support critical research and impact-driven approaches to promoting environmental conservation in Asia. ADMCF has been widely recognised for its work on solutions to some of our most intransigent challenges: Our depleting oceans, the nexus between forestry and development, air quality and public health, the intersections between food, energy and water. Lisa advises ADM Capital to shape its investment principles and provides ESG advisory services to ADM Capital funds. Lisa holds a BA degree with High Honors from Smith College and an LLM in Human Rights Law from HKU.

Robert Appleby is a co-founder of ADM Capital, and its joint Chief Investment Officer. Before establishing ADM Capital, Robert was a Managing Director in the Asian Fixed Income Division at Credit Agricole Indosuez and before that spent 13 years at Lehman Brothers. In the last 20 years, Robert has accumulated a wealth of experience investing in emerging and developed economies across Oceania, Asia and Europe. Robert is a co-founder and Director of the ADM Capital Foundation, a charitable organisation established in 2006 to fund innovative approaches to promoting environmental conservation.  Robert received an MA in Zoology and BA in Zoology and Anthropology from Oxford University, England.

Sabita Prakash is a Managing Director of funds managed or advised by ADM Capital and member of the Investment Advisory Committee. Prior to joining ADM Capital, Sabita was the Head of the Asian Fixed Income team at Fidelity Worldwide Investment whom she joined in 2004.  Sabita began her career in fixed income in 1993 when she joined CRISIL India as a rating analyst. In 1998, Sabita moved to Hong Kong and worked with Standard & Poor’s Rating Agency, JP Morgan Securities and HSBC in Hong Kong on the credit research side before joining Fidelity in 2004. Sabita holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecomm from Bangalore University, India and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.

Sonia Ng is Head of Fund Administration at ADM Capital and observer to the Investment Committee. Before joining ADM Capital in 2005, Sonia worked at KPMG for three years within the audit division. Sonia holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting degree from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is a Certified Public Accountant of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Sze-Liang Lim is a Managing Director at ADM Capital. Prior to joining ADM Capital in September 2016, Sze-Liang was the senior analyst for Nomura’s Asian Illiquid Loans and Special Situations desk. He has extensive experience in the Asian special situations and distressed debt space having worked in CarVal Investors, Clearwater Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs. Sze-Liang started his career with Goldman Sachs International in London. Sze-Liang holds a BEng. (Mechanical Engineering) from Imperial College, London and an MSc. (Finance) from the London Business School.