Miles Staude
Portfolio Manager & Director
Miles has over seventeen years of experience in trading, investment management and research, covering a wide range of financial markets. He is the Portfolio Manager of the Global Value Fund and serves as a Director on the Global Value Fund Board. Under Mirabella’s regulatory license, Miles has overall responsibility for the GVF portfolio management team’s trading and investment management activities.
Prior to founding Staude Capital, Miles spent ten years as a Portfolio Manager and Investment Analyst at Metage Capital, a London based investment management firm. Before joining Metage he spent five years as a sell-side equity analyst at RBC Capital Markets, based in both Sydney and London. Miles holds an Economics degree from the University of Sydney and is a CFA Charterholder.
Emma Davidson
Investor Relations & Director
Emma is an accomplished global investment advisor with over eighteen years of experience. She spent twelve years working in senior roles at a number of London investment banks, most recently as the UK head of cross asset sales at Citigroup. In 2011, she founded her own investment advisory boutique, Affinity Capital, which serves a range of global clients, and where she continues to serve as Chairman. Emma is responsible for the management and investor relations of Staude Capital and serves on the Staude Capital Board.
Emma was awarded the 2016 Enterprising Women of the Year Award, an annual tribute to the world’s top female entrepreneurs. She has also been recognized as one of the Inspirational Women 2016: City innovators, awarded by Brummell magazine.
Mark Ambrose
Investment Manager
Under Mirabella’s regulatory license, Mark is a member of the GVF portfolio management team. Mark has fifteen years of experience in financial markets, covering a diverse range of sectors at Atlas Capital Group, ABN Amro, CLSA (UK) and LingBridge. Most recently, Mark spent almost ten years as a desk strategist and specialist salesman on the investment companies team at Jefferies in London before joining Staude Capital in March 2020.
Mark holds a MSc in Applied Mathematics from Imperial College London as well as a BSc in Mathematics from Northumbria University. Mark is also a CFA Charterholder.
James Dow
Investment Manager
Under Mirabella’s regulatory license, James is a member of the GVF portfolio management team. James has over twenty years of experience in financial markets, having managed a diverse range of financial instruments in his career.
Prior to working at Staude Capital, James spent sixteen years as an Investment Manager at Metage Capital, a London based investment management firm. Before joining Metage he spent two years as an Investment Manager at Credit Suisse and four years working in various investment support roles at Buchanan Partners, a London based hedge fund manager. James is a CFA Charterholder.
Emma Beall
Middle Office and support
Emma has more than fifteen years’ experience in office management and administration roles. She has successfully completed both a degree in Mathematics/Sociology from the University of Bristol and a Business and Secretarial Diploma from Lucie Clayton, a renowned finishing school in London. Since starting her career as a PA at Morgan Stanley, Emma has provided essential office management support for businesses across various sectors, including banking, housing and healthcare.