Derby Street Investments - Team

Team

Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons

Investment Adviser

Richard is authorised by the FCA through Eschler Asset Management LLP as the Investment Adviser. He has been managing equity investments since 1998 and has a best in class, verified track record. He is 51 years old, holds an MA from Oxford and an MBA from Cass Business School, being banker from 1986 to 1997. Author of “Buffett Step by Step” (Financial Times/Pitman Publishing) and most importantly, he has invested his own money in the fund.

Theron De Ris
Theron De Ris

Advisory Team

Theron is an approved investment manager with Eschler Asset Management LLC. Theron was formerly a senior research analyst at Indus Capital Partners where he also held consultant and client service roles. From 2000 – 2008 he was an executive director at Morgan Stanley in Milan and London where he ran the global equity institutional desk. From 2005 – 2007 he published a widely read macro newsletter, the “Observations Digest”. Theron began his career at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt in 1995, later moving to London. A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), he graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College in 1995 with a degree in International Politics & Economics, and German.

James Irving
Massimo Antonello

Advisory Team

Massimo is an approved investment manager with Credo Capital Limited. Born in 1966, Antonello graduated from the prestigious Scuola Normale of Pisa and holds a PhD in International Politics. Formerly a senior advisor to the Italian Ministeries of Labour and Transport, before joining Credo Antonello was a senior executive at the Montedison and Edison group. He has written a number of books on different subjects, including a study of the European Monetary Union (1999).