Skyline Umbrella Fund ICAV - Levendi Thornbridge Defined Return Fund B GBP Acc

Lead fund manager biography

Frank founded Levendi Investment Management in 2017 and serves as the CEO and Lead Portfolio Manager running the Levendi Thornbridge Defined Return Fund. Frank started his career in 1993 at Credit Suisse Financial Products as an Equity Derivatives trader based in London. He later worked at Bankers Trust as a senior multi-asset Equity Derivatives Trader before becoming Head of Exotic Equity Derivatives Trading at Commerzbank. After a decade as a trader, Frank moved to Deutsche Bank to build and manage the Quantitative Products Engineering businesses across EMEA and Asia, being based in London and Hong Kong. In 2008, Frank joined Morgan Stanley to run Financial Engineering in EMEA and the Americas, being based in London and New York, later becoming the Global Head of Morgan Stanley’s Retail Structured Products Platform. Prior to launching Levendi Investment Management, Frank was the Global Head of Equities (Structured Products) at Jefferies. Frank holds a Doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from Oxford University and is a Freeman of the City of London.

Fund manager biography

Alae joined Levendi in October 2018 and is a Portfolio Manager, actively involved in the Fund’s day to day processes including risk management, deal origination and liaising with stakeholders. Alae started his career as an Investment Analyst at Momentum Pensions, one of the biggest multi-jurisdictional offshore and onshore players in the Pension industry, looking after c. £2bn of assets with significant exposure to structured products. Alae holds a First Class Honours degree in International Business from Grenoble Ecole de Management as well as a MSc in Finance from Cass Business School. He speaks Arabic and French.