Zaida Patel

Chair Person

Zaida is a specialist lawyer with considerable experience in UK Corporate Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution, Bridging Finance and she also has a broad range of experience in Property Law.

Zaida is known for her ability in providing simple independent solutions to legal issues and is know to assist clients in finding the best possible outcome for their legal needs.

As a litigator Zaida has represented clients in court on as an advocate and has successfully defended and bought claims for her clients. Zaida has been regularly instructed by her clients to deal with a wide variety of problematic legal issues and to bring them to a satisfactory conclusion.

Laura Jones

COO of Newpoint Financial (Europe) Limited

Laura is a founding partner of Bramdean Asset Management LLP, and part of the Supervisory Board of NFG. With over 30 years of experience working in the Asset Management industry, Laura has spent the past 20 years working with start-up companies covering numerous operational elements ranging from HR, Compliance, Office Management, Customer Services and Fund Administration.

Previously, Laura worked at Robert Fleming, Morgan Grenfell, and Societe Generale Asset Management. At Societe Generale she played an integral part in building the business to £5 bn AUM in its first 3 years of operation.

A seasoned COO, Laura has built a reputation as a reliable, experienced and knowledgeable individual who has worked on numerous high-profile projects, with a keen eye on budgets and resources.

Laura also has experience in the healthcare sector having run a successful care business. She also has a keen interest in the education sector and has mentored numerous businesses over the years, ensuring that they are running their business efficiency to ensure continued growth.

Trevor Saliba

COO of NFG SA

Trevor began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1995 and has enjoyed an accomplished career as an investment banker specialising in mergers and acquisitions, cross border investment transactions and structured financings to public and private clients. He has been recognised numerous times for his accomplishments as a key advisor on cross-border transactions and mergers and acquisitions; including the Los Angeles Business Journal recognising him as one of the “Most Influential Investment Bankers” in its 2018 inaugural edition.

Trevor served as Managing Director (based in Hong Kong and Los Angeles) for Platinum Capital, Ltd., a London based hedge fund manager with over $800 million in assets under management and served as a principal advisor to the Los Angeles based family office advising on both public and private investments, private equity, real estate and venture capital. He assumed C-suite roles of investment portfolio companies of a family office engaged in construction and engineering, media, technology, manufacturing, financial services, and consumer products sectors.

Trevor joined NFG in 2021 where he leads the firm’s global corporate strategy and development activities for mergers & acquisitions and non-control and control investments. He holds the role of Chief Operating Officer.

Trevor is an alumnus of Columbia Business School.

Paul Warren FIA, FCAA

Actuary

Paul graduated in Mathematical Economics and became a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries UK in 1988. In the first part of his career, Paul worked in major insurance companies as senior insurance manager and actuary for the Prudential and Sun Alliance Insurance Companies. He then worked in the European Headquarters of AIG responsible for the European financial reporting, product development and training European actuaries in technical and managerial skills in ten countries.

As a consultant since 1995, he has worked on a multitude of financial projects with primary focus on start-up or evolving insurance operations. He has also worked with brand name consultancies in the Middle East and Europe.

Paul has been actively involved in European and Captive insurance markets for over 20 years, acting primarily as actuary and business/risk consultant to several companies covering a broad range of insurance risks and markets.