Richard Rowney has been CEO of Nucleus since August 2021 having joined James Hay as CEO in October 2020. He is also Non-Executive Director for MSP Capital Group and Honeycomb Investment Trust. Prior to this, he undertook multiple roles at LV throughout a period of just under 13 years, including acting as Managing Director of LV Life and Pensions and Group CEO of LV. Richard started his career in 1992, undertaking various senior operational, risk and change roles across Barclays Corporate and Retail Banking, and holds an honours degree in Geography from Leeds University, an MBA from Henley Management College and a GMP from Harvard Business School.

Mark Dearsley became the Chairman of IFG Group plc in 2018 and has been Chairman of James Hay since 2019 following the Epiris acquisition. Mark has almost 40 years' experience in the financial services sector, including serving as Group Strategy Director for Just Group plc, Group Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, International for Partnership Assurance, Group Chief Finance Officer at Savills plc and Group Mergers & Acquisitions Director and Finance Director, Europe and International at Aviva plc. He is a chartered accountant and holds a BA in Economics from the University of Leicester.

Owen Wilson is a director of James Hay. Owen has over 20 years' experience in the private equity industry. He is currently a partner at Epiris LLP, having joined the firm in 2013. Prior to this, Owen spent four years in Palamon Capital Partners as Principal, 5 years at Candover as Investment Director, and 7 years advising private equity clients whilst at Bain & Co. Owen obtained a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kathryn Purves is an experienced financial services professional with executive experience of CEO and CRO roles and a focus on risk management, governance, legal and compliance. She served as Chief Executive Officer of IFG plc, a listed financial services holding company, from April 2018 to April 2020 and previously was Chief Risk Officer of Partnership Assurance Group plc, a leading provider of non-standard annuities. Prior to joining Partnership in 2008, she worked within the private equity industry for approximately ten years. Kathryn is also currently a non-executive director of Intermediate Capital Group plc, where she chairs the Risk Committee, a non-executive director of Aztec Group, and chair of Redington.

David Paige is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and was a partner in Coopers & Lybrand's financial services division before moving into senior executive positions with NatWest Bank, Zurich Financial Services, Aviva plc and RSA Insurance Group where he was executive director for risk. He was also non-executive director of several of Aegon's UK businesses, Willis UK, Yorkshire Building Society and Helphire PLC. Until recently he was Chairman of the Yorkshire Building Society Pension Scheme.

Stuart Geard joined the Company as Managing Director in 2012 and more recently became Chief Financial Officer in August 2017. Mr Geard started his career in 1997 with what is today PwC South Africa before moving to Sanlam Limited as a senior manager in corporate finance. He moved to the UK in 2005 as head of finance and investments for what is now Sanlam Life and Pensions UK limited prior to becoming Finance Director of Sanlam UK Limited. He also served as Director at Sanlam Private Investments UK Limited and Sanlam Life and Pensions UK Limited. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa with PwC in 2000 and has passed all three levels of the CFA exams. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BBusSc (Finance) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting.

Bill is Chief Investment Partner at Epiris. Not only is Bill an active investor, but also he leads the investment team and sits on the firm’s Management and Investment Committees. He has led the investments in Sharps and The Club Company and also worked on the IFG investment. His earlier track record includes investments in Hollywood Bowl, Innovia, Photobox and TGI Fridays.
Before joining Epiris in 2014, Bill spent 13 years at LGV Capital, latterly as Managing Director. Bill’s career started at Barclays and then N M Rothschild & Sons. Bill has a degree in Law from Cambridge University.