Randall Dillard

Randall Dillard is the Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder of Liongate. Previously, he was at Nomura International as Managing Director within investment banking and also the Head of Merchant Banking, which managed discretionary and principal investments on behalf of Nomura and related entities. The scope of investment activities included a broad range of financial instruments relating to equity, fixed income, derivatives, foreign exchange, private equity and emerging markets. Mr. Dillard was previously in investment banking with Merrill Lynch International and a solicitor at Clifford Chance Solicitors. He is a post-graduate of law and faculty Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, which also founded the “Randall Dillard Fellowship” for post-doctoral research in International Relations.

 

 

Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland is a Co-Founder of Liongate Capital Management and in addition to serving on the  firm’s Investment Committee, is responsible for client risk management at the firm. Mr. Holland previously worked with Deutsche Bank as Vice President within Investment Banking. Mr. Holland is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the US. He studied at Baylor University in the US where he graduated summa cum laude. Mr. Holland holds a Master’s in Finance from London Business School.

 

 

 

Ben Funk

Ben Funk joined Liongate in August 2003 and is Head of Research at Liongate Capital Management. Dr. Funk oversees qualitative research and quantitative risk management at Liongate. He has published research in academic journals, has been a guest reviewer for the Academy of Management and has served as Visiting Lecturer of Economics at DePaul University. Dr. Funk was previously at Morgan Stanley. He studied first at Purdue University, holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Stockholm, and earned his Master of Research and PhD at London Business School.