Aspire has assembled a diverse team of seasoned investment professionals and entrepreneurs who have substantial operating, strategic and financial management expertise.
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Mr. Howard Dottin, MBA, FCCA | Chairman of the Board
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Kerwyn Valley BBA, MBA - Mr. Valley has over 25 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry; 10 of these working for Canada's largest bank, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
In 2004 Mr. Valley joined AIC Financial Group in Trinidad and Tobago to develop the Group’s regional Trade Finance Division. In 2008 Mr. Valley became CEO of AIC Finance Limited and in 2010 he was also appointed CEO of AIC Capital Market Brokers Limited. In February 2011, Mr. Valley led the successful management buy-out of AIC Capital Market Brokers which has been rebranded as KCL Capital Market Brokers Limited. |
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Liesel Alexander - Ms. Alexander has been professionally involved in the finance industry for over 20 years within the banking and non-banking sectors and has developed a keen expertise in conducting in-depth analysis of potential investments, performing due diligence and analysing market conditions.
Ms. Alexander heads the Distribution and Asset Management Department at KCL Capital Market Brokers Limited, is a Licensed Broker, and is responsible for managing the investment portfolio of the company. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from York University Canada, specializing in Economics and Business Management. |
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Kieran Valley-Gordon - MBA, CFA - Mrs. Valley-Gordon has almost 20 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry, with experience conducting company due diligence, as well as structuring debt and equity financing transactions. She currently heads the Corporate Finance Department at KCL Capital Market Brokers Limited.
Mrs. Valley-Gordon is a Fulbright Scholar and holds an MBA degree (Hons.) from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. |
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Stephen Braun - Mr. Braun has more than 30 years experience as an entrepreneur, business owner and executive manager, successfully launching, financing and selling businesses. Early in his career, Mr. Braun successfully financed, built and sold Precision Transportation, a multi-million dollar US transportation company. He was then recruited to a publicly traded financial company where he marketed and sold complex trade financing solutions.
Since 2002, Mr. Braun has been a principal and CEO of Home Solutions Direct, a private real estate investment company. During this time, Mr. Braun managed a multi-million dollar private real estate investment fund, built portfolios for private investors and was a principal in hundreds of transactions. |
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Scott Hilton Clarke- Scott is the Founder and Managing Partner of Inspiration Laboratories, a firm focused on advancing early stage ventures and helping later stage companies expand internationally. Prior to Inspiration Labs, Scott co-founded Confida Corporation, a management consulting firm specialising in the development of leadership teams and the implementation of strategic initiatives
Scott earned his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his B.S. in Information Systems and Economics from New York University’s Stern School of Business. |
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Michelle Des Vignes - Michelle Des Vignes is the Vice President of Business Development at KCL Capital Market Brokers Limited. She is qualified in Marketing, Project Management and Human Resources and a 2016 Australian Institute of Business MBA candidate.
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Jacqueline Hilton-Clarke - Jacqueline Hilton-Clarke is KCL Capital Market Brokers Limited’s Vice President of Institutional and Retail Sales. Jacqueline is the holder of a BSC degree from the University of the West Indies, with a major in Economics.
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Jodi Boodoo - Jodi Boodhoo is a former private banker who is a co-founder and Director of Business Development at AVANCE, a boutique project finance consultancy in St. Lucia. He holds a BA in Political science from the University of Western Ontario and an LLB and LLM from City University, London. Jodi keeps active in national service and charitable drives.
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Nigel Deosaran - Nigel Deosaran is a certified financial Planner and a founding member of the Caribbean Financial Planning association. He has been involved in the local Banking, Insurance and Investment arena for the past 25 years. Nigel currently owns and operates GID Limited a local advisory business.
He spent 14 yrs at RBTT where he held the position of Manager of the RBTT Insurance Services Limited and Assistant Manager Private Banking for the Group. At AIC Financial Group he rose from head of sales to head of Asset Management and then Vice President of Wealth Management Services, for the Company |
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Mr. Mahase is a finance professional with diverse experience in finance, accounting, treasury management, taxation, portfolio management, risk management, banking operations, electronic banking services, card management, premises and security management and auditing and compliance.
Mr. Mahase is currently a financial consultant and the VP of Risk & Remedial at KCL Capital Market Brokers Limited |
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Sherina Hosein Mohammed MBA, BSc – Sherina’s career spans the Caribbean, Middle East and Africa and includes investment banking as well as leadership roles in education management, financial holdings and supply chain companies. She has also overseen digitization initiatives in a multinational life sciences firm.
Previous Board positions: Director of Trinidad & Tobago Manufacturers’ Association, Commissioner for the Regulated Industries Commission, and other private Board positions including Dunross Preparatory School (Trinidad), Yeomans Executive (Dubai) and Group Executive of Unicon Group (Spain and Dubai). Ms. Mohammed is currently the VP of Global Partnerships at Aspire Funds. |