Amati Global Investors
The Team

Rachel Le Derf

Head of Sales & Marketing

Rachel heads up the Sales & Marketing Team including all investor communications across the Amati fund range.  Rachel originally started working with Paul Jourdan at First State Investments within the UK Equities team in 2005 then moved to Noble Fund Managers before becoming one of the original partners of Amati Global Investors in 2010. Prior to that Rachel held roles at The Financial Times and UNESCO in Paris.  Rachel holds the IAQ from the Securities & Investment Institute.  

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Colin Thomson

Head of Intermediary Distribution (Northern England, Scotland & NI)

Colin Thomson joined Amati in March 2020 to further enhance the firm’s client relationship capabilities. Colin is based in Edinburgh however will be responsible primarily for the Midlands and North of England. Having worked at SVM Asset Management for over 16 years, latterly as Head of Wholesale Distribution with overall responsibility for business development, he will bring a depth of experience in intermediary sales. Prior to that he held intermediary sales positions at major life assurers Prudential and Zurich.

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Jonathan Woolley

Sales Director (London, Midlands, SW. England, & Wales)

Jonathan joined Amati in January 2019 working as part of the Sales & Marketing team. He joins from JO Hambro Capital Management where he spent 12 years as Sales Director covering the South West, Midlands and Ireland. Prior to that Jon held roles at Old Mutual & UBS developing relationships with discretionary & advisory accounts. Jon holds the CISI Private Client Investment Advice & Management (PCIAM), IMC and holds a degree in Economics.

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Thomas Whitfield

Sales Director (London & SE England)

Prior to joining Amati in November 2022, Tom worked at Sanlam Investments where he held the position of Account Director. During this time, he looked after wholesale and institutional clients across London and the surrounding areas. Prior to that, he held an investment management position at Brewin Dolphin where he worked on a team managing significant assets under management for discretionary and advisory client portfolios. Tom is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and holds a BA Hons degree in Architecture.

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Samantha Dalby

Sales & Insight Manager

Samantha joined Amati in May 2017 to assist and support the sales team. Sam is responsible for dealing with regular investor and adviser queries for all Amati funds. Previously Sam worked at Nucleus Financial and holds the CII Diploma In Regulated Financial Planning. 

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Olivia Pattison

Senior Sales Support Executive

Olivia Pattison joined Amati at the end of November 2020 as Marketing Support Executive. Olivia is a recent graduate from the University of Dundee, gaining a First-Class Honours Degree in Geography, and has particular interests in climate change and renewable energies. She has had previous experience in marketing, promotion and sales through promotional agencies in Belfast. Olivia has completed her first IMC exam and is working towards the final one to provide her with the full qualification.

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Sally Ammar

IHT Operations Administrator

Sally is a Class of 2020 graduate from University of Buckingham, with an undergraduate degree in BSc (Hons) International Financial Services. Sally worked as a Trust Officer in IQ EQ (Jersey) Limited – a trust services company - in Jersey Channel Islands from 2018 to 2020. She relocated to Scotland at the end of 2020, and has gained experience in working remotely for the School of International Financial Services (SIFS) in Jersey, as an Events & Social media administrator, assisting with the organisation of CPD events for offshore financial centres. She joined Amati in September 2021 and is responsible for dealing with regular investor and adviser queries for the AIM IHT Portfolio Service. 

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Milly Stevenson

Sales Support Executive

Milly Stevenson will be joining Amati in January 2023 as a Sales Support Exectutive. Milly completed her undergraduate degree at the Univerisy of Dundee in 2018, before moving to Australia to work in the renewable energy sector for two years. Her time abroad provided her with experience in business, marketing, and sales. Since returning to Edinburgh, Milly has received a Masters with Distinction in Marketing with Digital Strategy at Napier University.