Marina Investments
Board Directors
Sir Christopher Lewinton, Chairman
UK Resident, Born: 6th January 1932
Sir Christopher Lewinton is also Chairman of JF Lehman Europe, a private equity firm, and a member of the Advisory Board of Metalmark Capital/Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. He is an adviser to Compass Partners International Limited. Previous positions held include Chief Executive of TI Group plc (1986-1998) and its chairman (1989-2000), Chief Executive of the Wilkinson Sword Group and a member of the Board of Allegheny International, Inc. (1970-1985), non-executive Director of WPP Group plc (1998-2003), non-executive Director of Reed Elsevier plc (1993-1999) and a member of the Supervisory Board of Mannesman AG (1995-1999).
Roger Lewis, Independent Director
Jersey resident, Born: 26th June 1947
Roger Lewis was a director of the Berkeley Group Holdings plc for over 15 years, the last 8 of which was as Chairman, a position from which he retired at the end of July 2007. He now acts as a consultant to the Group which is the holding company to UK land and property development entities including Berkeley Homes PLC, St. George PLC and St. James Group Limited. Prior to joining the Berkeley Group, Mr. Lewis was group chief executive officer of The Crest Nicholson Group PLC from 1983 to 1991, managing director of Crest Homes Limited and Crest Estates Limited and subsequently Chief Executive of Crest Nicholson's property division from 1975 to 1983 and finance director of Crest Homes Limited from 1973 to 1975. Mr Lewis chaired the marina division of Crest Nicholson which included 4 marinas and led the development by Berkeley of Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth.
Nicholas Maris, Director
UK Resident, Born: 27th February 1949
Nicholas Maris, Director
UK Resident, Born: 27th February 1949
Nicholas Maris has 38 years’ experience in the marine sector, and a 15 year track record as a marina investor with experience of financing, developing, managing and investing in marinas and marina projects globally, including the acquisition and subsequent redevelopment and sale of Gosport Marina Limited in the United Kingdom and investment in Grand Harbour Marina Limited in Malta. He joined the Camper & Nicholsons Group as an investor and a non-executive Director in 1981 and since 1983 has held executive positions within the group, including current positions as the Chairman of Camper & Nicholsons Marinas International Limited, Camper & Nicholsons Marinas Limited and Chairman of Camper & Nicholsons (Designs) Limited, which owns the rights to the Camper & Nicholsons trade marks. Mr Maris was also a Director and then Chairman of Camper & Nicholsons Yachts Limited (yacht builders and naval architects) from 1981 to 1999 and Chairman of Camper & Nicholsons International Limited (yacht brokers, charterers and managers) from 1988 to 1992.
Trevor Ash, Independent Director
Guernsey resident, Born: 31st May 1946
Trevor Ash has over 30 years' investment experience. He is a Fellow of the Securities Institute in England & Wales. He was formerly managing director of Rothschild Asset Management (CI) Limited (now Insight Investment Management (CI) Limited). He is a director of a number of hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, venture capital, derivative and other offshore funds including several managed or advised by Insight, Merrill Lynch and Thames River Capital. Mr Ash recently retired as a director of NM Rothschild & Sons (CI) Limited, the banking arm of the Rothschild Group in the Channel Islands. He was a founding director of the Valletta Fund Management Limited, the first fund management company to be established in Malta following the introduction of financial services regulations in 1995.
John Hignett, Independent Director
Italian resident, Born: 9th March 1934
John Hignett has over 40 years’ experience in investment banking and finance. He has recently retired as chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund Plc but remains a non-executive director of The World Trust Fund. Previous positions include head of Corporate Finance Division (1980) and managing director (1984 – 1988) at Lazard Brothers & Co. Limited, finance director of Glaxo Holdings Plc from 1988 to 1994, and non-executive director of Smiths Group Plc from 1999 to 2003. Furthermore Mr. Hignett served as Director General of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers from 1981 to 1984 and as Director General of the Council for the Securities Industry in 1983.
