John has more than thirty years' experience in the financial services industry. Prior to founding Blacktower in 1986, John worked with Schroder Financial Management and became one of their leading advisers based in London. He is responsible for leading the Blacktower Group into the International Market. In 2010, John formed Nexus Global IFA Network with the aim of providing a comprehensive licensing, compliance and support network to other IFA organisations wishing to passport services throughout Europe and beyond. In addition to John’s corporate duties as Group Chairman of the Blacktower Group, he continues to provide advice to many high net worth clients within Europe and international markets.

Having qualified as a solicitor with Allen & Overy in London, Ross joined HSBC Investment Bank in London and latterly New York where he was MD International Sales Trading and Operations. He then later moved to Numis Corporation plc where he set up, and was CEO of, their US operation based in New York. Ross left New York in 2006 and joined Nova Wealth Limited in 2007. Since then, Ross has overseen the continuous growth of NWL in terms of assets under management and also furthering its expansion into differing geographies with NWL now having global representation.

Tracy has worked with NWL since its inception and has nearly forty years’ experience in the securities industry in various roles. Having worked for both international private banks and global custodians, Tracy has gained experience in front, middle and back office covering all aspects involved in the administration and operation of portfolios, as well as the on-boarding and ongoing servicing of client accounts, and client-related compliance matters. Tracy was made a Director of NWL in 2019.

Gavin Farrell read Law at the universities of Paris, Münster and London and qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a French Avocat and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey. He worked for a number of years at Simmons & Simmons in their London and Paris offices before moving to Guernsey in 1999, where he was called as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey. Gavin became a senior partner and head of the Corporate Department at Mourant Ozannes before leaving in November 2016 to be one of the founding partners of Ferbrache & Farrell LLP. Gavin is a resident of Guernsey and is one of the top lawyers in the offshore finance world as ranked by numerous publications and is a highly experienced non-executive director.

Sam graduated from the University of Nottingham with a joint Honours Degree in Languages. She also studied at the University of Vienna and the University of Avignon and went on to complete a Degree in Teaching. Sam taught languages for seven years and, having decided on a change of direction, has worked at NWL for over six years. She has gained experience in the operations and investment teams as well as leading on several projects in marketing and IT and coordinating the launch of NPML. Sam now focuses on the provision of our investment services and was appointed a Director in May 2024

Dickon studied Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering at university and spent two years working for ICI and Zeneca. Dickon began his investment career with Furno and Del Castano Capital Partners focussing on their long only equity funds. He then spent four and a half years in International Institutional Equity Sales at Lehman Brothers in London before relocating to Guernsey and joining NWL in 2009. Dickon has been the Head of Portfolio Management since 2017.

Dale is a highly experienced and qualified investment professional, holding FCIS, CAIA and CFA UK’s ASIP qualifications. He has held senior and board positions at trust, asset manager and closed and open ended fund firms. Over the course of his career, Dale has provided financial services to clients and corporates based in the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, Luxembourg, France, Singapore and the Cayman Islands. Currently, he is a member of the CFA UK’s Social Media Working Group and leader of the CFA UK’s Eminent Speaker Group. He is also chairman of NWL’s Investment Committee.

Eleni started her career working for an Independent Financial Adviser firm in Guernsey. Having achieved the Diploma in Financial Planning amongst multiple other qualifications within the Chartered Insurance Institute, Eleni was then appointed as a Financial Adviser in 2020. Eleni undertook a Head of Client Services role gaining over seven years’ experience, working in both front and back office. This role encompassed many different aspects involved in the on-boarding and ongoing servicing of client accounts, as well as providing advice and support to a small portfolio of clients. Eleni joined NWL in August 2022 as Head of Client Services.

Robert is the founder of AngelMae Capital LL. He obtained a B.A. Degree in Economics with distinction from Yale University, M.S. Degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T). and he has obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst certification. Robert previously worked as an Investment Analyst for Goldman Sachs and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in New York. Robert has also been responsible for global asset allocation modeling, macroeconomic research, performance attribution analysis and investment manager search for Dimension Capital Management.