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Fund manager
Centurion Fund Managers Ltd (Cayman Islands)
(authorised by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority):
David Rawson-Mackenzie |
David Rawson-Mackenzie is the founder and Managing Director of the Centurion Group, a financial services company with over sixteen year’s experience of providing investment, trust and corporate services to private clients throughout Europe and Latin America.
In 2000 David set up a fund management company – Centurion Fund Managers – and first started researching longevity as a new asset class, launching one of the market’s first life settlement funds – Defined Return Fund - in 2002. This was followed by the Life Settlement Strategy Fund in 2006 which is now listed on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange. Centurion Fund Manager’s currently has over US$400m invested in life settlement funds and recently completed its first leveraged longevity swap in the life settlement market with Credit Suisse. David is also currently developing a similar fund using traded life tenancies.
As Director of Centurion Fund Manager, David oversees the day to day management of its range of multi manager hedge and equity funds, money market funds and the investment strategy of its alternative investments funds with assets similar to bonds.
He has over thirteen year’s experience in providing wealth management advice to high net worth clients including the creation and implementation of bespoke cross border tax structures, the management of client’s investment portfolios to ensure they perform close to their benchmarks and overseeing the model asset allocation of various portfolio strategies.
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Fund Investment Advisor
Centurion Portfolio Managers Ltd (UK)
(authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority):
Pollyanna Wan |
Pollyanna Wan joined the Centurion Group in 2003 as technical director for Centurion Fund Managers. Over the last five years she has been responsible for the development of a number of longevity products and she recently led the group’s first leveraged longevity swap in the life settlement market with Credit Suisse.
As Director of Centurion Portfolio Managers, Pollyanna is responsible for providing investment advice to Centurion Fund Managers including portfolio analysis versus longevity and managing fund liquidity and leveraging. She is also responsible for overseeing the day to day management of the group’s life policy bidding and analysis team.
After obtaining an MBA at INSEAD, Pollyanna worked as a strategic consultant in Mergers & Acquisitions for Honeywell Inc. and Accenture where she was responsible for structuring ventures and alliances projects.
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Currency Hedging Manager:
Tim Exall |
Tim joined the Centurion Group in 2007 with responsibility for managing the currency hedging for Centurion Fund Managers. In addition to this he also manages the range of Pentad Funds where he advises on asset allocation and fund selection. Tim also provides discretionary investment management services to the group’s private trust companies which provide bespoke fiduciary services to the group’s high net worth clients.
Tim has been working in the financial markets since the middle of the 1980s when he was employed as an equity analyst for a stockbroker in Hong Kong. Since then he has worked for UBS, Norwich Union and the Kuwait Investment Office, where he worked as a VP fixed income until 1996. He then moved to Luxembourg, subsequently managing all of the investment activity of General Reinsurance’s joint venture with Axa group.
Tim has an MSc in Management & Technology, is a Fellow of the CFA UK and a UK Certified Financial Advisor.
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Policy Sourcing Managers:
Charles Mabey / Charles Meeus |
Custodian Bank:
Fairbairn Private Bank (IOM) Ltd |
US Policy Custodians:
Mills Potozcak & Company
Wells Fargo |
US Policy Servicing Agents:
Mills Potozcak & Company
Wells Fargo |
Actuarial Consultants:
Lewis & Ellis
Melinsky Pellegrini & Associates
Milliman |
Fund Directors:
Paul Backhouse
Nick Ferris
David Rawson-Mackenzie |