KEY PEOPLE
Shailen Gajera - Executive Director
Shailen
has been involved in capital markets area since the year 2000 with
particular
expertise in private equity, fund management and regulatory compliance.
Before
assuming the position of fund manager with Hickham Capital, Shailen
graduated
with a degree in civil engineering and worked as a professional
structural
engineer with one of Malaysia's largest civil engineering consultancy
firms,
HSS Integrated Malaysia. In 2007, Shailen was appointed as Head of
Corporate
Finance at VCB where he was primarily responsible for assisting in
corporate
finance transactions, principally corporate restructuring, debt
financing,
preparing listing documents and advising in business matters as a
management
consultant. In 2008, Shailen was appointed as Fund Manager at VCB
Malaysia and later that year assumed the role of Registered Compliance
Officer. Shailen was subsequently appointed as Head of Compliance at in
2012. In 2013, Shailen became Vice President for Management
Consultancy and Private Equity at VCB and maintained the role of Head of
Compliance until mid-2016.
Simon Retter - Independent NED
Simon
graduated from the University of Bristol in 2003 with a BSc Upper Second Class
Honours in Accounting & Finance and started his career at Deloitte LLP
where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He specialised in corporate
finance work, co-ordinating reporting accountant’s work for AIM IPOs, preparing
Long-form/Accountants Reports, Working Capital Reports and producing
acquisition due diligence reports. Simon was Financial Director at Paragon
Diamonds Ltd from April 2010 to March 2017 where as an original founding
director he had sole responsibility for managing the IPO process and has raised
£9 million in new equity to date. Simon is also currently the Chief Financial
Officer of Horizonte Minerals Plc and Non-Executive Director of Equatorial
Mining & Exploration plc (ISDX listed) as well as Finance Director at Vertu
Capital Limited. Simon has extensive experience in public markets, specifically
reverse takeovers, IPOs and secondary fundraising combined with high pressure
and dynamic environments encountered in the start-up and growth phase of
businesses. He is currently the Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Dr. Md Khussairiee Ahmad - Independent NED
Dr. Md
Khussairiee Ahmad, is a hands-on systems architect and has vast
experience in the Information Technology systems development. He is
currently working on artificial intelligent systems design and has deep
knowledge in network security and defence. He is also very well versed
with on-line social media management. Khussairiee did his bachelor’s
degree with Edith Cowan University of Australia and graduated in 2003.
After several years working in the private sector, he received an offer
to serve the Malaysian government as Deputy Director of Information
Technology in 2008. While working, he completed his Master’s Degree in
Multimedia Communication from Open University Malaysia before going back
to the private sector. In 2011, he completed his research project and
was awarded a PhD from University of Malaya.