Jeremy Barnes
Chief Executive Officer
Jeremy is a highly experienced corporate financier and was founder and CEO of Orbis Capital, the very successful corporate finance boutique, since its incorporation in 2001 and subsequently became CEO of Merchant Ventures in 2006. From 1998 to 2000, Jeremy was Managing Director of XL Financial Solutions in London where he led a specialist team that structured and arranged insurance risk transfer deals for the Bermuda re-insurer, XL Capital. From 1993 to 1999, Jeremy was Director of Corporate Finance at British Aerospace where he led the team that placed a $3.8 billion insurance risk transfer deal relating to BAe's portfolio of 550 regional aircraft. From 1982 to 1991, Jeremy spent nine years at Citicorp where he specialised in leveraged finance, structured finance and buy-outs.
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Mark Hughes
Head of Excalibur Capital
Mark heads up the Structured Finance Team at Excalibur Capital and is a founding member of the Excalibur Capital management team. Mark has 15 years experience in structured finance, leasing and banking with Royal Bank of Scotland, BAE Systems, Oasis Leasing and XL Capital.
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David Skinner
Head of Quantitative Services
David heads up Excalibur Capital’s Quantitative Services team and is a founding member of the Excalibur Capital management team. David is an actuary with 13 years experience in insurance, financial services and structured finance with XL Capital, Brockbank and Tillinghast.
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Philip Duggan
Head of Offset
Phil has spearheaded the development of Excalibur Capital’s Offset activities, working closely with the Structured Finance and Investment Management teams. Phil has 8 years experience in private equity and as an investment professional, investing and managing both technology and consumer businesses. Prior to joining Excalibur Capital Phil worked as an Investment Manager at Consensus Business Group.
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