Posts in Global Operations
Jane Murphy | Finance Manager | London, UK

Jane Murphy is Stafford Timberland's Finance Manager, responsible for the operation of the timber funds, including cash management, reporting and administration.

Previously in charge of the finance function at a financial services firm and prior to this she trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in a medium sized accountancy firm, both based in London

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Michael van Och | Compliance Officer | Rotterdam, Netherlands

Michael van Och is Stafford’s Compliance Officer based in Rotterdam.

Prior to joining Stafford, Michael worked at Knab for five years formerly as a Business Consultant and leaving as Compliance Officer. Michael started his career at Robeco where he was based in the Netherlands for ten years and Miami for a couple. He fulfilled different roles during his time at Robeco with a strong focus on Compliance.

Michael is a Certified Compliance Professional (certified by the Dutch Compliance Institute) and holds a Master of Science degree in Criminology from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

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Rahul Patel | Financial Accountant | London, UK

Rahul Patel is a Financial Accountant and is responsible for the Corporate Accounting at Stafford Capital Partners.

Prior to Stafford, Rahul worked across Fin-Tech and Professional Services sectors where he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Rahul is a Chartered Accountant with the ACCA and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from The University of Nottingham.

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Victoria Sherliker | Chief Compliance Officer | London, UK

Victoria is Chief Compliance Officer at Stafford and is responsible for all aspects of compliance across the business.

Victoria brings over 20 years of experience in legal and compliance roles within financial services. Most recently at gunnercooke LLP, Victoria advised investment managers on all aspects of private investment management, compliance strategy, and global regulatory matters. Prior to that, Victoria was General Counsel at MVision Private Equity Advisers for nine years.

Victoria holds a Batchelors degree in Natural Sciences, a Distinction in Legal Practice from BPP Law School and trained in the Private Equity Group at SJ Berwin LLP.

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Dhara Soneji | Head of Tax | London, UK

Dhara is Stafford’s Tax Manager and is Responsible for tax compliance, planning and reporting on behalf of the Stafford funds.

Prior to joining Stafford, Dhara worked as a Vice President in the transaction tax team at Duff and Phelps and as a Tax Manager in the KPMG private equity funds team.

She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, qualified Chartered Tax Advisor and holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Reading University.

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Nhien Vo | Operations Assistant | London, UK

Nhien Vo is Stafford’s Operations Assistant

Prior to joining Stafford, Nhien was an entrepreneur with her own financial technology consulting business, working with Start-Ups to build their operations. Most recently, Nhien worked for Vesuvius PLC in office administration and operations. Nhien is currently focusing on IT based financial solutions to deliver business process improvement, data migration and supporting Stafford’s COO on restructuring projects.

She has Prince2 and Agile Certifications.

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Angus Whiteley | Chief Executive Officer | London, UK

Angus is responsible for all aspects of the business at Stafford, working across strategy formulation, team development, relationship management and investment evaluation.

Prior to Stafford Angus worked as a direct investor in the private equity and venture capital markets. He started his career with Thompson Clive & Partners, a life sciences and technology private equity firm with investments in Europe and the US. He then co-founded Solon Ventures, a UK venture capital firm.

He received an MA in Law from Cambridge University.

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