Tony
Gardner-Hillman has, through his career as a lawyer and subsequently as an
independent director, over 30 years of experience of working with open- and
closed-ended investment funds investing in a broad range of asset classes. Mr.
Gardner-Hillman qualified as a solicitor in London in 1982 and moved to Jersey
in 1984 to join the Jersey law firm Crills, where he was a partner from 1987 to
2002 and headed the Financial Services Business and Regulation team. He was
also a non-executive partner of the international law firm Holman, Fenwick
& Willan (Jersey partnership) from 1987 to 2003. In 1987 he co-founded
Jersey Trust Company (JTC), where he drove the development of the business,
including the establishment of the funds administration division. Mr.
Gardner-Hillman remained a principal shareholder and director of JTC until
disposing of his shareholding and resigning as Non-Executive Group Chairman in
2008. Mr. Gardner-Hillman was born on October 09, 1956, is a British citizen,
and resides in Jersey.