Truetide’s board is made up of two executive directors and one non-executive directors.
We expect all our directors to devote as much time as is required to carry out the roles and responsibilities they have each agreed to take on. This generally means that Trevor Brown is full-time and Vivian Hallam and Qu Li are part-time.
You can read more about each of our directors below
Executive and non-executive directors are re-elected at least once every three years. You can inspect the letters of appointment for all Truetide’s directors at our registered office during normal business hours.
The board meets at least eight times a year to formulate, review and approve the group’s strategy, budgets, performance, major capital expenditure and corporate actions. Meetings are open and constructive and every director participates fully.
The board also has an audit committee and a remuneration committee. As appointments to the board are made by the board as a whole there is no need for a nominations committee.
Trevor joined the Board of Truetide as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 April 2014 and became the Chief Executive Officer on 21 August 2015. He has acted as a CEO, executive director and non-executive director for a wide range of both listed and private companies in a range of sectors over 40 years. This has provided him with a vast amount of experience through many long term economic and corporate life cycles that mean he is highly qualified to assess the opportunities and risks for both the Group and its portfolio of investee companies.
Trevor’s governance knowledge is maintained through regulatory updates by the companies NOMAD and his wide-ranging market experience is kept up to date through his continued participation in a variety of businesses where the Group has a holding and in other companies that are unconnected to the Group. Trevor is also currently a director of the company Imaging Biometrics Limited, listed on the LSE Main Market.
Viv is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and has an MBA from Aston Business School. He joined Viking Fund Managers in 2003 following twenty years of senior management in international advanced engineering companies, including Sarna, GKN and GEC. There he was responsible for design, development and marketing of new products for the plastics, automotive and power industries.
Viv joined Truetide in 2009 as investment fund manager, responsible for managing its FCA regulated funds and private client services. As well as his deep knowledge of technology business, he has extensive experience of AIM market regulations and reporting. He became Executive Director of Truetide in 2017, responsible for the operational management of Truetide and management of the Strategic Investments, has chaired the Groups AGMs for many years and attends the Group’s Audit and Compliance Committees. Viv maintains his governance knowledge through the companies NOMAD and regulatory updates for AIM companies, his technical knowledge by seminars and industry specialists.
Qu is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and businesswoman with over 30 years of experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions, development and restructuring, and financing and investments. Qu has worked across several business disciplines, including research and development, design and engineering, manufacturing and logistics, marketing and PR, and management and finance. She has led many turnkey transactions ranging from US$5 million to US$100 million, and she has raised over US$300 million over the past 15 years.
Her governance knowledge is maintained through regulatory updates by the companies NOMAD and her participation in a variety of businesses, both within and outside the Group. Qu is Chair of the Group’s Remuneration Committee and Audit and Compliance Committee, contributing actively to the Company’s governance, internal control and remuneration frameworks.