Guinness Asset Management Ltd

Shane Gallwey joined Guinness Asset Management in 2010 and is a fund manager in the Guinness EIS Team.

Shane has, over the last fifteen years, launched, advised, invested in and sold a large number of EIS businesses. He was previously a director of Northland Capital Partners, where his focus was on advising growth companies on capital structuring, with an emphasis on tax-efficient funding through EIS and VCT for a range of small to mid-size technology and alternative energy companies. From 2002 to 2006 Shane was based in Gibraltar with Trafalgar Financial Futures. Prior to that he spent six years at HSBC Investment Bank.

Shane holds an MA from the University of Edinburgh, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Edward joined Guinness Asset Management in January 2006. He is manager of the Guinness Sustainable Energy Fund and a fund manager in the Guinness EIS Team.

Prior to joining Guinness Asset Management, Edward worked from 2002 as a merger arbitrage analyst for the Arbitrage Associates Fund at the Tiedemann Investment Group in New York. In 1998 he joined HSBC Investment Bank, where he worked in the Corporate Finance Department in the Energy & Utilities Team and in the Telecoms & Technology Team. Edward graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master’s degree in Engineering and Management Studies.

Andrew was Chief Executive of Hambros Fund Management when it merged with Guinness Flight in 1997. In 2000 he joined Berkshire Capital Securities, a corporate adviser to the fund management industry, before joining Guinness Asset Management in 2005 as a senior adviser. He is non-executive Director of several companies including Church House Investment Management, M&G High Income and TR European Growth Trusts.

Andrew is a director of Guinness Asset Management Funds PLC, Guinness’ umbrella-type open-ended investment company (OEIC), incorporated in Ireland and authorised and supervised by the Central Bank of Ireland.