About the Board of Directors

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John began working life in 1988 at Pearl Assurance, spending nearly a decade there before moving into the  broker sector. John spent the following 10 years covering all aspects of the finance sector including management of Broker Funds, Capital Markets, Structured Finance and Compliance. In 2002 John became a non-exec Director for a pan European brokerage through which he developed his knowledge of the offshore market. John emigrated in 2006 to live in Prague, Czech Republic, where he still resides today. A year later he established his first business, and since then, in partnership with Charlie Goldsmith, John has grown the Group to offer Capital Markets, regulated UCITS Funds, Corporate Bonds, Securitisation, Distribution, and Corporate Finance services.  In 2016 John co-founded a UK registered Children's Charity that funds projects for children and young people, in difficult social or financial circumstances, enabling them to participate in sports and team activity. 

A former member of the Institute of Compliance, and the Chartered Insurance Institute, John has been a directly regulated 'Responsible Person' in several EU states, including the UK. John performs the role of Executive Chairman.

Charles graduated from Durham University in 1999 and began his career with the UK insurance company Sun Life of Canada.  Charlie's experience includes spells at Savills Private Finance, Barclays Private Clients and a private Corporate Finance House, based in Mayfair. He has a proven track record of fund raising in the Capital Markets and Structured Finance sectors, having raised over £500 million for a wide range of private equity projects. 

Charlie has financial qualifications, holding diplomas from both the Chartered Securities & Investment Institute, and the Chartered Institute of Bankers. 

For more than a decade Charlie & John Ferguson have established businesses together that have successfully covered many aspects of financial services, including regulated investment funds, corporate finance, corporate bonds, capital markets, securitisation, investment management, and distribution. Charlie also co-founded The Lillywhite Foundation, a UK registered Children's Charity, with John. As an Executive Director, Charlie has responsibility for the commercial development of the business.

Howard graduated from university with a first class with honours law degree in 1996. Howard went on to qualify as a Solicitor in England & Wales in 2000, and further qualify as a European Advocate in 2008. Howard gained his formidable legal experience with Hogan Lovells, having spells in London, Frankfurt, and Prague - the latter being where he settled both to live and to establish his own private law practice. Howard has an extensive legal background and great experience in Private Equity, Corporate Finance, and cross border M&A. After establishing his private practice in 2012, Howard specialised in advising on innovative and ground-breaking international corporate and private matters for expatriate individuals and businesses. 

Howard has lectured in law at Charles University, is a Board member of the Czech International Business Forum, and a Trustee of a UK Children's Charity. 

Howard joined John & Charlie in November 2017 as General Counsel and Executive Director for Audacia Capital. This role requires Howard to oversee all the legal aspects and requirements of the plc, working closely with our local legal advisers in Dublin.

Qualifying as a solicitor in 1996, Patrick has spent over two decades in the financial services industry. He has specialised in legal and regulatory compliance, corporate governance and risk management in senior management roles at a number of household name regulated financial services firms, including Allianz, New Ireland,  Scottish Provident, and Royal Liver. Since 2011, Patrick has served on the Board and the Audit & Risk committee of Handelsbanken. As well as Audacia Capital plc, Patrick’s current directorships include Board Chair of Wealth Options Limited, two Irish State Boards, and a cross-border body on the island of Ireland. The common theme of Patrick's career is helping the Boards he serves in governance, compliance and risk management while simultaneously seeking to steer their strategic direction towards progressive growth.

Andy Murphy is the Managing Director of Trustmoore Ireland based in Dublin and brings with him a wealth of experience in structured finance. Prior to joining Trustmoore, Andy was a Director in the structured finance division of DMS Ireland. Before DMS he spent three years with Bank of New York Mellon Corporate Trust where he was responsible for the management of a portfolio of structured finance products. Prior to BNYM, Andy spent three years at Citco Bank and four years working in fund administration with Citi Hedge Fund Services. Andy is a graduate of the Dublin Business School, with a concentration in capital markets and investments. Andy also holds a certificate in financial trading, a certificate in Investment funds, and a diploma in Business management. Andy is a registered stockbroker with the Irish Stock Exchange and also has a Diploma in Aviation Finance from the Law Society of Ireland.

Matthew Tracey is an Associate Director within the Structured Finance division in DMS Governance based in Dublin. Matthew is highly experienced in structured finance and capital markets as prior to joining DMS Governance, Matthew spent three years with Bank of New York Mellon Corporate Trust department. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of transactions executed from the Dublin office, including the management of portfolios of structured finance products including CLO’s, CDO’s, ABS/MBS, repo’s, asset finance, commercial paper, structured notes and SPV’s.

Matthew holds a Master’s degree in Finance from UCD Michael Smurfit Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from University College Cork.