Our Team
Executive Committee 2024/25
Clara Brown
Chief Executive Officer
Clara is a finalist Mathematics and Finance student. She was part of BNP Paribas’s Global Markets internship where she will join the graduate trading program next year. Clara started in Griff as a Materials & Industrials analyst and became the Chief Training Officer is her second year.
Abtin Hossein
Chief Investment Officer
Abtin is a finalist Philosophy, Politics and Economics student who undertook internships at EY (SaT) and Vantage Capital Markets (ETF Desk) this summer. Abtin started as an Analyst in the Thematic and Tactical sector last year. He was part of the team that achieved 3rd place at the 2024 Southeastern Hedge Fund Competition.
Jacob Upright
Chief Risk Officer
Jacob is a finalist Philosophy, Politics, & Economics student who joined the fund in 2022 as a Financials & Real Estate Analyst. He has just returned from a placement year working as an Economist at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and now looks forward to sharing his experiences as the fund’s CRO.
George Rainbow
Chief Finance Officer
George is a 2nd year BSc Economics student and joined the Griff Investment Fund as an analyst within the Thematic & Tactical sector. During his time he has successfully pitched multiple stocks, researched key international trends and is interested in Investment Banking after university.
Hubert Solecki
Chief Operating Officer
Hubert is a 4th year Computer Science with Cyber Security student who joined the fund in 2021 as a Cloud Computing & Software Analsyt. He has just returned from a placement year working in Information Security at the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team and is excited to share his experience and knowledge as Chief Operations Officer in the fund.
James Tincknell
Chief Training Officer
James is a finalist Economics and Finance student. He joined the fund as a Consumer Discretionary and Staples junior analyst last academic year, and is a member of Minster Investments, Griff’s Southeastern Hedge Fund Competition finalist team. He is interested in a career in Asset Management upon Graduation.
Karina Bishop
Chief Business Development Officer
Karina is a third-year Business and Management student who joined the fund as a Materials and Industrials analyst. Over the summer, she gained valuable experience interning at EY (SaT), Eversheds, and the Ministry of Finance. Karina is excited to share her insights and experiences in her role as CBDO.
Sector Teams
Our seven Sector Teams are carefully organised and span a wide range of industries. These include Tactical & Thematic, Healthcare, Materials & Industrials, Financials & Real Estate, Materials & Industrials, Green Technology & Related Systems and Cloud Computing & Software. Sector Teams consist of Senior and Junior Analysts, who work with and under the guidance of their respective Sector Head to produce termly investment opportunities for the fund in the form of stock pitches.
Stock pitches take place at each weekly meeting, after a series of macroeconomic and portfolio updates delivered by the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Risk Officer. These pitches follow a fundamental bottom-up approach, with extensive research being conducted on the stock in question. Then, a Q&A session will follow where the pitching analysts receive critique from the rest of the fund - not to undermine the pitch, but with the sole intention to generate the greatest levels of alpha for the fund. Finally, a vote takes place where the decision is made whether or not to invest - by all members of the fund.
Sector Heads 2023/24
Sector Heads are responsible for the output of research and information on their respective sector in weekly fund meetings, mentoring junior analysts, and acting as the first port of call for any sector-specific questions. Sector Heads take the lead on generating innovative investment ideas and must meet with their teams to discuss research and ideas a minimum of twice a term.
Diya Saha
Cloud Computing & Software
Anushka Binoy
Consumer Discretionary & Staples
Talia Kennedy
Green Technology & Related Systems
Rosabelle Biju
Financials & Real Estate
Jake Williams
Healthcare
Milan Bilimoria
Materials & Industrials
Samuel IP
Thematic & Tactical
Oversight Committee
The Oversight Committee is made up of members of the University of York’s staff, ranging from academic staff to Alumni relations. Given the nature of a changing executive committee every year, the Oversight Committee provides a longer-term oversight of the Griff Investment Fund. The Oversight Committee meets termly with the executive committee to discuss the progress of the fund. Dr Keith Anderson currently chairs the oversight committee.