Meet the team
It's our experience that sets us apart.
The Atlantic House team is made up of fund managers, risk experts, analysts, and distribution specialists with industry experience at some of the biggest global asset managers, banks and trading floors.
Tom is the Chief Executive & Chief Investment Officer of the Atlantic House Group. As well as running the business on a day-to-day basis, Tom oversees the firm’s investment mandates and is a lead manager of the Atlantic House Defined Returns Fund. Prior to founding Atlantic House in 2008 with two partners, Tom had a long career at Citigroup, culminating as Head of European Securitised Equity Derivatives and Secondary market trading.
Tom May
CEO & CIO
Timothy has almost two decades of experience working in financial markets. During this time he has successfully built and led investment businesses across a number of asset classes. Prior to co-founding Mantis Funds, Timothy held senior investment roles at CFSGAM, Perpetual and Morphic Asset Management. Aside from his role as Managing Director of Mantis, Timothy currently serves on the board of Payreq Pty Ltd and Forum Care Ltd.
Timothy has two daughters and a wife who doesn’t like him going to the gym.
Timothy Cheun
CEO
Damien has over 30 years’ experience working in financial markets and over 20 years as a fund marketer. Prior to co-founding Mantis Funds, Damien has consulted and successfully raised funds for Ascalon Capital (a westpac subsidiary), Ramius Capital LLC (a New York based Alternative Manager), Kapstream Capital (a Sydney based Credit Manager), Caliburn Capital (a UK based Fund of Funds manager) and Mariner Group (a New York based alternative asset fund manager). He has also held Senior Executive roles at Pengana Capital, Colonial First State Asset Management, ANZ McCaughans and Deutsche Bank AG. Damien serves on the board of Integrated Portfolio Solutions Pty Ltd.
Damien has three grandchildren and recently remarried a reigning iron woman champion.
Damien Hatfield
Head of Distribution
Mark has over 40 years’ experience in leadership roles across banking and financial markets including 17 years with ANZ Banking Group where he was Group Managing Director Corporate Banking and 15 years with Westpac Banking Corporation including 5 years as General Manager (Victoria). Mark was previously a director of ASX listed Credit Intelligence Ltd (ASX:CI1) as well as the Foundation for Young Australians for 8 years including a number of years as Chairman. Mark is presently a Managing Director of AFSG Capital Pty Ltd and prior to this was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of FIIG Securities Limited.
A father of five including two teenage boys, Mark’s background as explosives expert has served him well.
Mark Paton
Chairma
David has over 35 years’ experience working in financial markets in Australia and Asia. Prior to joining Mantis Funds, David was responsible for building and managing UBS’s Prime Brokerage and Listed Derivatives business in Australia before relocating to Hong Kong to head the APAC Prime Services and Listed Derivatives business. Following UBS, David joined Royal Bank of Scotland to Head the APAC Prime Services and Listed Derivatives business. He later joined State Street Bank and Trust to establish the Asian Listed Derivatives Business.
David has two adult children and having spent decades wining and dining clients in Asia is very content to be on the buyside.
David Gray
COO
Anthony has over 17 years’ experience in the financial markets. Prior to Mantis Funds, Anthony held senior roles in Operations at Tricom Equities, Head of Operations at KIS Capital Partners, an Asia Long Short Hedge Fund, where he spent 9 years managing day-to-day operations. Anthony was most recently Head of Institutional Client Services at AMP Capital, covering Australia’s largest Super Funds.
Anthony Ng
Head of Operation
Kwame has over 18 years’ experience across private wealth sales trading and investment management. Prior to joining Mantis Funds, Kwame held roles at JBWere overseeing the General Advice equities trading desk, Bank of New York Mellon, where he covered the Sales Trading carve out in London, later returning to wealth management at Barclays Private Bank, managing the top one percent of UK domiciled family offices. In 2019 Kwame migrated back to Australia, where he was responsible for cross-asset dealing and portfolio management at Australian Standfirst Asset Management.
Kwame Owusu
Institutional Distributio
Tom is the Chief Executive & Chief Investment Officer of the Atlantic House Group. As well as running the business on a day-to-day basis, Tom oversees the firm’s investment mandates and is a lead manager of the Atlantic House Defined Returns Fund. Prior to founding Atlantic House in 2008 with two partners, Tom had a long career at Citigroup, culminating as Head of European Securitised Equity Derivatives and Secondary market trading.
Tom May
CEO & CIO
Andy co-founded Atlantic House alongside Tom in 2015, heading up the Distribution team. Andy has since become Head of Australia, located primarily in Sydney. Andy is taking the Atlantic House Defined Returns Fund and Uncorrelated Strategies Fund to the Australian market.
Andy Lakeman
Co-Founder & Head of Australia
Mark joined in 2021 from Merian Global Investors where he managed a successful systematic derivatives investment fund. Previously, Mark had a decade long career as a trader on the inflation desks at Barclays and RBS, latterly as Managing Director responsible globally for inflation options and exotics. Mark developed the inflation desk at Rand Merchant Bank in South Africa. Mark has an MSc in Statistics, the FRM designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals and is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Actuaries.
Mark Greenwood
Deputy CIO & Head of Investment Risk
Jim is a manager of the Atlantic House Defined Returns Fund and Atlantic House Global Defined Returns Fund. Responsible for the daily running of these two funds, including trading. Jim is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and joined the Group in February 2016, becoming co-manager of the Defined Returns Fund in 2018.
Jim May
Fund Manager
Russ is a manager of the Atlantic House Defined Returns Fund and Atlantic House Global Defined Returns Fund. Russ has been working in financial services since 1997 and is an expert in complex financial products and mathematical modelling. He has personally structured and executed over £20 billion of deals, and has a deep understanding of both financial and mathematical issues
Russ Bubley
Fund Manager
Tom is lead manager of the Atlantic House Uncorrelated Strategies Fund and also manages the firm's multi asset mandates. Tom joined the firm in 2016. Alongside his portfolio management responsibilities he leads the product development with asset managers and institutions; building bespoke derivative-based solutions for investors. Before joining Atlantic House, Tom worked for Brewin Dolphin.
Tom Boyle
Fund Manager
Jack is a lead manager of the Atlantic House Balanced Return Fund and Atlantic House Dynamic Duration Fund. Jack initially joined the group in 2017 on a year-long work placement, and after completing his Economics degree from the University of Bath, returned in 2019. Jack earned his CFA Charter in April 2023. Jack has extensive knowledge regarding derivative-based multi-asset solutions and applies this expertise to the two funds he manages.
Jack Roberts
Fund Manager
Owin joined Atlantic House in 2022 as a Fund Management Analyst after completing his BSc in Economics and Management. Owin works as an analyst on the Atlantic House Balanced Return Fund and Atlantic House Dynamic Duration Fund, as well as other mandates run by the firm. Owin is currently a CFA level 1 candidate.
Owin Bennett
Analyst
Ben joined Atlantic House in 2023 after finishing his masters in Physics at Imperial College London. He studied abroad in Switzerland and worked at the Swiss Plasma Centre before bringing his analytical skillset to the investment team. Ben handles the trading operations on the Uncorrelated Strategies Fund as well as some of the firms multi asset mandates.
Ben Forster
Analyst
Tom supports the running of the Atlantic House Defined Returns and Global Defined Returns Fund, as well as supporting Distribution with analysis for those funds. Tom looks after the day-to-day management for one of the firm's equity derivative mandates. He joined the group in 2023, as part of his year in industry whilst undertaking a BSc degree in Economics at the University of Bath.
Thomas Crook
Analyst
Fahad is an experienced investment management professional with over 20 years of experience managing equity and multi-asset portfolios, currently serving as Chief Investment Officer at Albemarle Street Partners where he oversees £800 million in client assets. He is also a manager of the Atlantic House Balanced Return Fund. He previously held senior fund manager roles at firms including Legal & General Investment Management and Newscape Capital.