The Management Team

�    Romek Pawlowicz – Senior Partner & Founder
�    Daniel Gore – Partner & Founder
�    Ahmet Ismael – Partner & Founder
�    Peter Kerfoot – Financial Controller
�    Mark O'Donnell – Researcher

Investment Committee

�    Dr. Manfred J. Adami
�    Professor William (Bill) Fung

All three founders were employees/directors at the family office of Lord David Sainsbury

Romek Pawlowicz – Senior Partner & Founder
As senior partner Mr. Pawlowicz will be responsible for overall firm strategy and management as well as transaction origination, execution and supervision.
Mr Pawlowicz has over 24 years experience of asset management and the capital markets including the management of funds of funds across all asset classes as well as underlying portfolios of bonds, global equities, derivatives and currency overlays.
Prior to founding Orthogonal Partners LLP in February 2006, Mr Pawlowicz was the investment director for listed and alternative investments with the family office of Lord Sainsbury of Turville from 1999-2005.  Mr Pawlowicz was the head of the multi-fund group at Global Asset Management 1990-1992 and a fund manager and founder member of the family office for the Rausing family office 1996-1997.  He was a global equity fund manager with Laurentian Life, Credit Suisse Asset Management and a director of Richmond Capital, a hedge fund start up.  In addition, from 2002-2005, Mr Pawlowicz was a member of the advisory and research boards at the Centre for Hedge Fund Research at the London Business School.
Mr Pawlowicz has a BSc. Maths and Physics from Bristol University.

Dan Gore – Partner & Founder
Mr Gore is a Partner of Orthogonal Partners.  He will be responsible for supporting the firm’s activities in the areas of deal sourcing, execution and monitoring.
Mr Gore was previously an associate at The Sainsbury family office 2002-2005.  While at the Sainsbury family office, he was focussed on private equity and alternative assets.  He was responsible for sourcing opportunities, conducting due diligence and making recommendations.  Previously, he worked at Jennings & Varma Ltd 2000-2001, a small angel investment company as an analyst.  During his time at Jennings & Varma, Mr Gore was made a company director of J&V Films Ltd, a film financing company.
Mr Gore has a Masters degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from New College, Oxford.

Ahmet Ismael – Partner & Founder
Mr Ismael is a Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Orthogonal Partners.  He is responsible for all aspects of accounting, financial, compliance and investor reporting activities.
Previously the company accountant and company secretary at The Sainsbury family office 1998- 2000. His responsibilities included the valuation of the private equity portfolio. Most recently the Financial Controller for three companies at Stanley Davis Group Ltd, Stanley Davis Ltd (eformations and co secretarial services), York Place (search and formations) and Fuel IT Limited (bespoke eLearning and training) 2003-2006.  Responsibilities included due diligence on 3 organisations.  Prior to this he was the Financial Controller at Egerton London Residential Ltd (real estate and letting agency) 2001-2002, Accountant at JP Kenny Group (oil exploration and pipeline) 1989-1998.

Peter Kerfoot – Financial Controller
Mr Kerfoot is the Financial Controller, having joined in June 2008. Working alongside Ahmet Ismael he is responsible for all aspects of management accounting and financial reporting and assisting  with the compliance and investor reporting activities. Previously the Financial Controller at Alpha Catering Services (member of the Alpha Airports Group Plc) 2004-2008, Finance Administration Manager at Rail Gourmet Waterloo International Ltd (member of the Compass Group) 1995-2004. Prior to this he was an Accountant at JP Kenny Group (oil exploration and pipeline) 1989-1994, Accountant at Ellam & Co (Chartered Accountants) 1986-1989 and before that a mathematic and statistics teacher working for the London Borough of Newham, 1982-1986.
Mr Kerfoot has a BSc in Economics, Sociology and Statistics from University of Surrey, 1980 and a qualified FCCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 2000.

Mark O'Donnell – Researcher
Mr O'Donnell joined in November 2008. As the researcher, Mr O'Donnell works closely with the Partners. He conducts primary research and helps support due diligence. Mark previously worked with the Partners as Head of Research at the Sainsbury Family Office 2001 - 2008. He researched a wide range of areas across the investment and charitable spectrum. He also played a central role at Venturefest events and ippr's centre for cities. Mr O'Donnell has a BSc. in Rural and Environmental Economics from Newcastle and a MSc. in Corporate and International Finance from Durham.

Dr. Manfred J. Adami
Mr. Adami was born and educated in Germany. He graduated from Hamburg University with an MBA and a Ph. D. Following several years of teaching at the economic and social department of Hamburg University, he joined Warburg Investment Management in London where he spent more than ten years, mostly as an investment manager of international equity portfolios. Thereafter, Mr. Adami spent approximately fifteen years with Credit Suisse First Boston, as the Managing Director of CSFB Investment Management, and subsequently with Credit Suisse in Zurich, as Member of the Bank’s Executive Board in charge of worldwide institutional investment management, including the supervision of the bank’s substantial mutual fund business. After leaving the bank Mr. Adami established a family office in London and Zurich for one of Europe’s wealthy families and he continues to act as an adviser to several such family offices.

Professor William (Bill) Fung
Mr Fung was educated in England where he received his doctorate in Mathematics from the University of London, and subsequently a doctorate in Finance from the University of Manchester.  Prior to joining the investment banking profession in 1985 with Lehman Brothers, Bill taught finance for several years in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Bill moved to the investing side of the industry in 1991 leaving Bankers Trust Company and co-founded a hedge fund.  Mr. Fung left the hedge fund partnership during early part of 1994 and founded a consulting firm specializing in the risk management of hedge fund portfolios advising high net worth families, international private banks, foundations, and insurance companies.  Bill is currently Visiting Research Professor of Finance at the BNP-Paribas Hedge Fund Centre of the London Business School.  Professor Fung maintains active involvement in the financial industry and acts as advisor to financial services companies in Europe and North America.  He is currently Chairman of the Maple Financial Group in Canada.