Gervais Williams was a previous Chairman of the Quoted Companies Alliance and took on the honorary, non-board position of QCA President in October 2023. Gervais manages a number of funds that aggregate to between £0.5 – 1bn.

Gervais’s fund management career extends over 30 years including 17 years at Gartmore. In 2011, he joined Premier Miton where he has set up a number of new funds with Martin Turner. He was a former board member of The Investment Association, the government’s Patient Capital Review and is an advisor the AIM Advisory Council.

Gervais is a regular industry commentator at conferences and in the media, including on the Radio 4 Today program. He is also the author of a number of books on the changing economic outlook. His first book 'Slow Finance' was published in the autumn of 2011, with his second book 'The Future is Small' in November 2014, and his third book ‘The Retreat of Globalisation’ in December 2016.

Judith MacKenzie became Chair of the Quoted Companies Alliance in October 2022.

Judith joined Dowing LLP in October 2009 and founded Downing Fund Managers in 2010, the boutique public equity division of Downing LLP. Judith manages the award-winning Downing Aim Estate Planning service, having delivered returns of 183% to investors since its inception in March 2012, versus the AIM index up 12% (to end of May 2025), leading the philosophy with a value bias.

Prior to Downing, Judith was part of a 5 person buy-out of the Small Cap and Venture assets from Electra Private Equity, and prior to that Co-Fund Manager of the Aberdeen Murray Johnston Venture Capital Trusts. Judith is familiar investing in both private and public markets and has held Board positions on PLCs, private companies and Governmental bodies. Judith is currently a Non-Executive Director of Oryx International Growth Fund Plc.

Claire Noyce has been Deputy Chair of the Quoted Companies Alliance since October 2019 and on the QCA Board since 2013. Claire is also on the QCA Operations Board and Nomination Committee.

Claire is founding partner and CEO of Hybridan LLP, an AIM broker and adviser, dedicated to fundraising, share price support and providing market-driven corporate finance advice.

Claire is a Non-Executive Director of (The) Property Franchise Group plc since June 2023 and is Chair of TPFG’s Nomination and ESG Committee as well as Chair of TPFG’s ESG Steering Group. Claire is also a member of Aquis Stock Exchange’ s Advisory group.

Claire was previously at Nomura Group in the UK Small Cap Life Sciences and Technology Sales and Trading team. Prior to joining Nomura, Claire was an equity analyst at Lazard & Co, with a significant involvement in IPOs and capital market transactions. Claire started her career as an analyst and consultant at Datamonitor. Claire has a Double Honours Degree from Manchester University, where she also undertook some postgraduate studies.

James Ashton is Chief Executive of the Quoted Companies Alliance, the members’ organisation that champions small and mid-sized companies whose shares are publicly traded. James was City Editor and Executive Editor of the Evening Standard and Independent titles and before that City Editor of the Sunday Times. He is the author of several business books and chairs Oscar’s Book Prize, the annual search for the UK’s best picture book. James is also a non-executive director of Finsbury Growth & Income, the FTSE 250 investment trust.

Bim is currently Chief of Staff and Strategy at Acrisure. He is also Non-Executive Director at HSBC.

He has served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hitchin and Harpenden from 2017 until 2024. During his time in office, he became the youngest ever City Minister, while also taking on the role as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.

Bim has previously served as Chair of several Cross-Party Groups, including the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Financial Markets & Services. He also was the joint founder and Chairman of the Regulatory Reform Group, a group of prominent Conservative MPs working to reform the British regulatory system.

Prior to his political career, Bim worked as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields and Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, as well as a senior executive at HSBC.

Georgina Brittain is managing director and is a portfolio manager for small and mid cap strategies within the J.P. Morgan Asset Management International Equity. She is also a co-manager for a range of European small cap funds. An employee since 1995, Georgina was previously an analyst in the UK research department. Georgina obtained an M.A. in Classics from Oxford University, and earned a Diploma in Law from City University, London. She is a qualified barrister.

Steven has been the Chief Executive of Peel Hunt since 2016. Prior to become Chief Executive, he co-ran the firm as Managing Partner and Head of Equities. Steven led the management and staff buy-out of Peel Hunt from KBC bank in 2010.

Steven was a founding member of D. E. Shaw Securities International, which later became the core of KBC Financial Products. At KBC he managed the Japanese and Asian Equity, Convertible and Derivatives operations in Tokyo.

Steven is Deputy Chair of the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel whose key remit is to represent the interests of financial markets participants and to provide input to the FCA.

Steven has been a judge for the Non Executive Director Awards for over 15 years. Steven has an accountancy degree and holds a certificate in corporate governance from INSEAD.

Kellie has over 24 years of dealing with global regulation and risk management in the financial services industry. She also serves as a NED on Ecology Building Society and is a founder of a consultancy that advises start-ups, SMEs and listed companies on financial, risk management and sustainability standards. She helps businesses build efficient operating models, secure funding, obtain licenses and navigate change with a focus on purpose led and social impact businesses.

Kellie has an executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. Outside of consulting, she is a career coach to executives and a London based charity for disadvantaged kids in the UK.

Peter Harris is the former CFO of Next 15 Group, the tech and data driven growth consultancy. He joined as its Chief Financial Officer in November 2013 and was appointed as Executive Director in March 2014. Peter’s financial experience spans 30 years and he has extensive media experience, having spent the last 20 years in finance roles in the media sector. From July 2013 until December 2018, he was a Non-Executive Director of Communisis plc and Chairman of its Audit Committee. He was previously the Interim Finance Director at Centaur Media plc, Interim CFO of Bell Pottinger LLP, CFO of the Engine Group, and CFO of 19 Entertainment. Prior to that, he was Group Finance Director of Capital Radio plc. Peter has considerable experience in UK and US listed companies, with international exposure.

Linda sits on the boards of two AIM quoted companies (MHA Group and EARNZ) and three private companies.

Linda Main is a Chartered Accountant who retired from KPMG LLP in September 2023 after a long career leading their Capital Markets Advisory Group. Linda has advised on well over 100 IPOs and significant transactions by listed companies of all sizes ranging from start ups to members of the FTSE 100. She was also a member of the UK board of KPMG where she chaired the Risk Committee and sat on the Audit Committee.

Until December 2023 Linda was a member of the London Stock Exchanges AIM Advisory Group and earlier in her career, she sat on a number of the QCA’s technical committees.

Adam McConkey was a previous Chair of The Quoted Companies Alliance.

Adam is Portfolio Manager at Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited and has been a Fund Manager for nearly 2 decades, 15 years of which has been dedicated to investing in UK listed smaller companies.

Adam became Head of UK smaller companies at Gartmore in 2010 a role in which he continued in when Gartmore was acquired by Henderson in 2011. The team, known by Volantis, the name of their flagship fund, run circa £1b investing on behalf of public bodies, blue-chip pension funds, family offices and individuals, and is now part of Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited.

Adam’s sponsorship of good stewardship in investment decision making and the launch of product with dedicated active engagement strategies have seen him working closely with other stakeholders in the UK listed smaller company community to promote an infrastructure and policy environment that encourages investment. He is a member of the AIM advisory panel. Adam has a PhD in international relations and previously lectured in politics and economics.

Sangita is a seasoned director, having served on various PLC boards across diverse industries. She is currently Interim Non-Executive Chair of Inspired PLC, Non-Executive Chair of Nasdaq-listed Forward Industries Inc., Non-Executive Audit Chair of Big Technologies PLC, Trustee of Willow Foundation, Chairs Windsor Leadership Programmes, and serves as Investor Director for a handful of privately owned companies.

Her appointments have also included Non-Executive Chair of AIM-traded Kinovo plc, RA International plc, and Board Director of Ten Entertainment Group PLC.

As a full-time director, she has held a number of senior roles within blue-chip organisations, including Unilever, Mars, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. She was also a former Board Director of Swindon Town FC, Commonwealth Business Council, Trustee of Care International, and a past President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists. She has consulted for a number of organisations, including HM Cabinet Office, HSBC, and other blue-chip companies.

Sangita is a qualified accountant and a frequent keynote Chair and speaker at forums for the Windsor Leadership Trust and, in the past, the European Parliament.