Our Team

Email: brettp@ipmc.co

Brett is the Managing Director of IP Management Company (RF) Pty Ltd, an authorised manager of a collective investment scheme in securities in South Africa. A chemical engineer by training, Brett made the move into financial services in 1999 and has been involved with the funds industry ever since, with more than 18 years’ experience in fund administration. He joined Peregrine Collective Investments (now IP Management Company) in 2007, as Director and COO, and was appointed Managing Director in 2010. Brett has a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town (UCT), a B Com in Economics and Business Management from the University of South Africa and an MBA from UCT. Qualifications: BSC Chem Eng, B Com, MBA

Simon Sharrott is a Guernsey based investment professional with more than two decades of offshore industry experience. During these two decades of industry experience he has specialised in fund management, portfolio management, wealth management and private equity. Most recently, Simon served as Joint Managing Director and Group CEO at MitonOptimal Portfolio Management (CI) Ltd prior to its acquisition by the Ravenscroft Group in 2022. Following the acquisition, he continued with the Ravenscroft Group until April 2024, where he held the positions of Director and Portfolio Manager. During this tenure, he was an active member of both the Investment Management Committee and the Senior Executive Management Team. His responsibilities spanned across portfolio management, driving organic growth, overseeing strategic mergers and acquisitions, and managing key relationships with global distribution partners, institutional and professional investors, advisory firms, and family offices. Simon has comprehensive experience in senior leadership as a board director, he continues to be a non-executive director to several regulated investment vehicles. In 2022 he was named in the City Wire Top 100 Wealth Managers, in the UK. Simon is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments and holds a BA (Hons) in Business & Finance.

David Le Boutillier has worked in the Guernsey funds industry for over 30 years, 17 of those at Sanne Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited (formerly Praxis Fund Services Limited). He joined Sanne in January 2007 and was promoted to Operations Director in 2014, then Managing Director of Sanne Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited in January 2019. Following the acquisition of Sanne by Apex Group, he is now a director in the open and closed-ended administration team of Apex Fund and Corporate Services (Guernsey) Limited. He has considerable experience of open-ended funds, closed-ended London listed funds and all aspects of fund administration and shareholder servicing. He has also assisted with compliance and due diligence for fund launches, transfers in of existing fund structures and stock exchange listings. Prior to joining Sanne, David worked at Lloyds Bank International and Close Fund Services Limited.