Future Capital Partners (“FCP”), the £6 billion alternative investment boutique, has appointed Andrew Derrington to its business development team.
Andrew’s role with FCP will primarily focus on building strong working relationships with both clients and intermediaries. FCP’s investment opportunities are available to investors through financial institutions, wealth managers, IFAs and accountants, and Andrew will help to further develop FCP’s network of these intermediaries. He will also play a significant role in business development and client liaison.
Andrew has over 10 years’ experience within the investment arena, the last four of which has been spent within FCP’s specialist area of high quality alternative investments which are structured to mitigate downside and enhance returns.
Andrew joins FCP from Mercury Tax Group where he jointly ran the London office. At Mercury he was actively involved in business development and technical work. This involved building relationships with new introducers such as IFAs and accountants and advising on property transactions using offshore vehicles.
Prior to this, Andrew worked for Ingenious Media , where he was responsible for the promotion of structured investments (both personal and corporate) covering sectors such as film partnerships, venture capital trusts (VCT’s), enterprise investment schemes (EIS), and inheritance and corporate tax solutions.
Andrew started his career at Deloitte specialising in corporate tax in both compliance and consultancy. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor, having qualified with Arthur Andersen.
Tim Levy, Chief Executive at Future Capital Partners said:
“We are pleased to have someone of Andrew’s calibre joining our team. His experience in the structured investment world will play a major part in further strengthening our relationships with the IFAs and intermediaries who help to distribute our products. Future has enjoyed rapid growth in our clientele of late, and we hope that Andrew can help to continue that momentum.”
Future Capital Partners specialises in alternative investments such as renewable energy, international property, biotechnology and media and entertainment. Future Capital Partners has completed transactions and made investments worth in excess of £6 billion since 2000 and has executed over 500 asset finance transactions. The firm’s current product offerings include Opus, a Real Estate Development in Montenegro; the production services in relation to the blockbuster movie Iron Man 2; the construction of a wheat-to-bio-ethanol plant in the UK; and Aramid 1, which provides ongoing debt finance to the entertainment industry.
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About Future Capital Partners
Founded in 2000, Future Capital Partners is one of the UK’s leading alternative investment boutiques, specialising in renewable energy, international property, biotechnology and media and entertainment investing and financing. Its 40-strong investment team works closely with Financial Institutions, Wealth Managers, IFA’s and Accountancy firms to raise capital enabling clients to invest in some of the most unique and commercial financial products and services available in the UK marketplace today. The investments are designed to meet the specific needs of investors who are seeking genuine non-correlated investment opportunities, and range from pure equity investments to tax-efficient structures.
Since its establishment, Future Capital Partners has completed transactions and made investments worth in excess of £6 billion and has executed over 500 asset finance transactions. Future Capital Partners also owns significant investments in other industry groups including Novia Financial PLC, the leading technology- based Wrap platform; Aramid Capital Partners, a leading provider of asset backed finance to the global entertainment industry; and Ethanol Ventures Limited which is developing and financing two “wheat to bio-ethanol” plants in the UK.
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