Stafford Capital Partners: Approach to travel in light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 2020

At Stafford Capital Partners, we have been monitoring the rapidly evolving situation regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) and have decided to implement a new global travel policy to help mitigate the risks of COVID-19.  This policy covers the practical implications of travel for our employees and visitors to our offices.

We have instructed our employees to refrain from travelling to countries that are deemed to be high risk (China, Iran, South Korea, Italy) or medium risk (Japan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam).  Furthermore, we are asking colleagues who have travelled to these countries work remotely for 14 days, irrespective of whether they are experiencing any symptoms.  Our current systems allow us to continue communicating and working together remotely without interruption and we do apologise that some meetings may need to be taken via conference call or video-conference instead of in person.

 The policy will also cover visitors to our offices and accordingly, we are respectfully asking you to refrain from visiting any Stafford Capital Partners offices if you have been to any of the above countries in the last 14 days.  If you have any upcoming meetings, your Stafford Capital Partners relationship person will be reaching out to ask about travel in order to make suitable arrangements.

 We will continue to monitor the situation as there may be new countries added or removed over time and adjust our policy to protect our employees, investors and managers.  We value our partnership and will seek to minimise the impact on the way we work together and appreciate your understanding as we continue to avoid putting our employees or you at risk.