Fund Management Team

t1ps Investment Management, the Fund Manager, has significant experience and expertise of investing in smaller companies. Our Funds are managed from a long-term value creation perspective and the team is always bold and decisive when it comes to investing.

On here you will find more information about the key people of the Management Team

Fund Managers

Tom Winnifrith
Tom has over 20 years working in and around financial markets. He started his career in the City at County NatWest in 1990. He then moved into Financial Journalism firstly at  the Investors Chronicle and  on to the London Evening  Standard, AFX News and UK-Invest. In 1999, he fronted the controversial and ground breaking TV programme ‘Show Me The Money’ on Channel 4. Tom then decided to launched t1ps.com in 2000, an investment advice website concentrating on Smaller Companies. The next natural step with all of the experience in the small cap arena was the  launch  of t1ps Investment Management in 2007. Tom is the lead manager for three Investment funds  and an adviser for PLUS listed WSI investment vehicle.


 

 


Robert Sutherland-Smith
Robert has over 43 years in investment markets, and is an experienced fund manager & equity investment analyst. He was the Fund Manager for the Unilever Pension Fund & subsequently the Head of Financial & Investment Management Research at Samuel Montagu. Later, he was appointed a director of County Bank Investment Managers and he also helped Friends Provident to set up its first discretionary fund management business. He was appointed a fund manager for ‘TIM’ in 2007.


 

Support Analysts

James Faulkner

James Faulkner‘s interest in investment markets started at when he was only 15. Once he completed his degree in History at the University of Sheffield, he started work at t1ps.com in 2007 as a trainee investment writer, eventually becoming editor of the small cap investment website WatsHot.com. James joined the investment team of the t1ps Smaller Companies Growth Fund when it was launched in 2007 and provides research for both funds.

  

Advisers

Malcolm Burne
Malcolm has over 40 years experience in investment markets. He has controlled and managed fund management, venture capital and investment banking companies in Australia, Hong Kong & North America. He has been a director of over 20 companies, many of which have been in the mineral resources and gold exploration field. Malcolm was the Investment Manager of the AIM listed Ambrian Capital formerly Golden Prospect  plc.

 

Marketing Manager

Sarah Read

Sarah joined t1psim.com in 2011. She has over 6 years of marketing experience across a wide range on sectors including finance. In addition to her marketing support she offers assistance to investors and external suppliers.


 

Investment Analyst

Ross Jones

Having joined t1ps Investment Management as a Graduate Analyst Ross works out of the Isle of Man office providing research for, and managing, the Funds alongside Senior Fund Manager Tom Winnifrith. He sits opposite Tom in the Head Office at 39 Athol Street and currently holds the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment Level 3 Certificate in Investments.

 

Adnan Siddique

Adnan has over 5 years of experience working in the financial markets. After graduating from university he was hired by Morgan Stanley to work on the Leveraged Loans desk in London, eventually managing a portfolio of European Loans. He has also worked at Goldman Sachs and most recently in Securitisation at BNP Paribas, where he was involved in making investment recommendations and reviewing current positions. He is a firm believer in the long-term prospects available in the emerging markets and enthusiastically accepted the opportunity of working with Tom and his team to cover the Indian market. Adnan has a keen interest in outdoor activities and has travelled extensively around Asia, as well as other regions. Adnan holds the Investment Management Certificate and a degree in Maths & Economics from the University of London. He is currently pursuing the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, having previously passed the Level 1 paper.