Olivier Thieux
Mike Williams
YOUR TEAM
Olivier Thieux
Mike Williams
A dedicated and experienced team
Brooklands' established management team has more than 100 years’ combined experience in operations and compliance. They worked together at Cube Capital where they institutionalised operations and successfully passed multiple investor due diligence contributing to a rise in assets under management. They developed the operational and compliance infrastructure to comply with new regulations including AIFMD, MiFID, CFTC and FATCA.
The Brooklands team has considerable experience managing fund launches and onboarding counterparties across jurisdictions and strategies. The team has led corporate restructurings and hedge fund mergers and acquisitions.
The combination of our compliance and operation expertise along with our experience in running funds and asset managers allow us to meet all the requirements of our clients.
Olivier is responsible for servicing client operational requirements, finance and accounting functions.
Prior to founding Brooklands Olivier was Director of Operations at RiverRock and Cube Capital.
He started his career in Hedge Funds Operations back in 2006.
Olivier received a Masters in Finance from Aix-Marseille University and a degree in Economics and Finance from Paris 2 Assas University
Olivier Thieux
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Mike is responsible for providing regulatory authorisation, regulatory compliance and legal services.
Prior to founding Brooklands Mike was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Cube Capital.
Mike started his career in 2007 as a trainee solicitor in corporate law and was admitted into the Law Society in 2012.
In 2005 he received a degree in History from Royal Holloway and Graduated from the College of Law in 2007. Mike is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (MCSI) and the Law Society of England and Wales.
Mike Williams
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Francois brings over 30 years of experience in investment banking, trading and asset management.
Francois co founded Cube Capital in 2003 where he was CIO and CEO.
Prior to founding Cube Francois was a MD in the CSFB Emerging Markets group between 1994 and 2003.
Francois Started his career in 1989 at Credit Agricole Indosuez as a derivatives trader.
He holds an MBA from HEC Paris. he also holds an MSc from ESME Paris
Francois Buclez
Senior Advisor, Non executive board member
Michael joined Brooklands as a senior investment analyst in 2016.
Prior to joining Brooklands, Michael was a Fund of Funds Director at Cube Capital since 2003. He was responsible for macro research, fund analysis and monitoring.
Michael gained experience in trading, commercial banking and corporate finance from 1997 to 2002 at various institutions.
Michael holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Finance Academy in Moscow.
Michael Anafasiev
Senior Investment Analyst
Mohsin joined in 2020 as Chief Operating Officer, bringing over 12 years of experience in Operations and Compliance.
He joined from Altana Wealth where he spent over 5 years as Head of Compliance and Operations.
Prior to Altana, Mohsin gained valuable experience from BlueCrest Capital Management, JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch to name a few.
Mohsin holds a Bsc Information Technology with Accounting and Finance from Middlesex University.
Mohsin Khan
Chief Operating Officer
Compliance Officer
Eduardo joined Brooklands' compliance team in 2019.
Prior to Brooklands, he was deputy MLRO within the gold refinery Baird & Co.
Eduardo Started his career in 2014, running the night desk brokering platinum group metals at Comdaq.
He holds a BSc in Financial Maths & an International Diploma in compliance from the ICA as a Professional Member.
Eduardo Santos
Compliance Associate
Kin joined Brookland in 2020 as a Senior Operations Analyst. She is responsible the Daily operations of several funds and Finance.
Prior to Brooklands, she was based in Singapore for 5 years, where her last role was a Treasury Manager at the Blackstone Group. Prior to this role she worked as a Treasury Associate at Goldman Sachs International.
Kin started her career in 2007 as a Trade Settlement and Reconciliations Officer at Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets London.
Kin Mach
Senior Analyst
Maria joined Brookland in 2019 as an Operations Analyst. She is responsible the daily operations of several funds.
Prior to Brooklands she was a business development and client relationship manager manager in London for BlueOrange Bank.
Maria started her career in 2013 as a Market Analyst at MetalExpert.
Maria holds a master's degree in finance from Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, in Ukraine.
Maria Maksymenko
Operations Associate
Compliance Professional joining Brooklands' family very shortly.