Edward Marten
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to founding QuotedData in 2013, Edward spent over 10 years in investment banking with Cazenove (now JP Morgan Cazenove) and before that, Collins Stewart (now Canaccord Genuity). At Cazenove, Edward focused on Investment Trusts, working with the number-one Extel-rated team, and broadened his focus to Pan European equities, servicing a global investor base and raising over €1 billion for companies. Afterwards Edward set up an equity agency broker that was subsequently sold to SpareBank1Markets, part of the second biggest savings alliance in Norway. Edward sits on the Marten & Co board.
James Carthew
Co-founder and Head of Investment Company Research
James started his career at M&G in 1984 where he wrote research on a wide variety of UK companies and managed a number of UK equity funds as well as M&G’s Fund of Investment Trusts. From 2001-2010 he managed Advance UK Trust Plc, a global fund of funds that promoted good corporate governance within the closed-end fund industry. James has been a non-executive director of several companies. He writes articles on the closed-end fund industry for various publications, including a regular column in Citywire, and sits on the judging panel for the Investment Company of the Year Awards. James also sits on the Marten & Co board.
Trevor Leek
Business Development
Trevor joined QuotedData in November 2022 after a successful media career. Recently, he has specialised in investment and financial services categories and worked on some of the top media brands including at The Financial Times Business (Financial Adviser and Money Management) and more recently at Interactive Investor (Money Observer). He knows his way around traditional and digital media, direct marketing and events. He has BA Hons in Marketing and Advertising and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM). He has joined QuotedData to promote our services and maximise our commercial revenue opportunities. He looks forward to working with you.
Eiman Ali
Sales Associate and Investor Liaison
Eiman graduated from City, University of London with a degree in Politics and has since built her career in sales at the company.
She liaises with clients during roadshows/events and now acts as our Investor Liaison.
Gavin Lumsden
Head of News
Gavin is an an award-winning financial journalist and editor with 30 years’ experience writing for consumer and professional audiences.
Formerly working at Citywire for 25 years, he has now joined us to head our news coverage.
Matthew Read
Head of Production
Matthew graduated in economics from the University of York in 1995 and, following a period working in the Insurance broking industry, gained his MSc in Finance from Cass Business School in 2000. Mathew has considerable experience in analysing closed end funds; first of all for Quantec Ltd, as part of his MSc studies, and then at Teather and Greenwood where Matthew produced daily statistics and weekly recommendations on investment trusts while providing analytical support to the corporate finance, institutional sales and market making functions. In 2002, Matthew made the shift to writing sponsored research, initially at Hardman & Co and then at Edison from 2008, where the client base expanded from just two funds to over 50 during his tenure. He is a CFA charterholder.
Richard Williams
Senior Analyst
Richard is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter holder and covers investment companies in the alternatives space, predominantly focused on the real estate sector. He was previously a business journalist, most recently news editor at leading real estate trade publication Property Week.
David Batchelor
Senior Fund Analyst
David is a Senior Fund Analyst at QuotedData, producing written content on a range of funds. Previously he was a Partner in investment management at Evelyn Partners in London. He is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI and has an MA (Cantab) in History from Cambridge University.
Jemima Grist
Executive Assistant
Jemima holds nearly 10 years’ experience supporting C-suite executives across the commercial property, asset management and financial services sectors, joining QuotedData in 2020. With a background in education and SEN coordination, she provides high-level executive administration, board reporting, confidential project coordination and operational support to ensure leadership teams run efficiently and effectively.
Nicole Oppler
Senior Editor
Nicole is an editor of over 12 years’ experience, specialising in law and compliance. Originally a journalist and subsequently a legal compliance editor for Wolters Kluwer, she has also been editor for, amongst others, Legal & General, three Magic Circle law firms, Chambers & Partners and the CIPD.
She is a consultant with the London Centre of International Law Practice, and an examiner at Linklaters LLP.
Veronica Cappelli
Operations & Growth
Veronica Cappelli as worked as an assistant in prior roles and has a hobby of linguistics.
Aiman Shaikh
Digital Marketing Specialist
Aiman graduated from university, joined our marketing team.
Emma Cole
Press Relations
Emma is a communications professional with over 15 years’ experience in the financial services sector, initially working in the press office of the Securities and Investments Board and as an agency executive at Lansons Communications, followed by senior PR roles at the Association of Unit and Investment Trusts and M&G Investments. She has worked as a freelance editor for the last 5 years.
Support services
We also have an extensive support team across a range of functions, such as: IT, web development, data management and analytics, CRM and other tech stack maintenance, SEO, online advertising, email campaigns, partnership development; and other operational and administration roles such as HR, compliance, legal, accounts and good old fashioned data inputting.