Our people

Alice Kain is responsible for the investor relations and corporate communications for SVG Capital plc and all of its fund advisory products. She joined SVG Capital’s fund advisory business in 1999, prior to which she worked at Ludgate Communications where she was responsible for the investor and public relations for a wide variety of publicly quoted companies, including SVG Capital plc. She studied communications in Sydney, Australia.

Calista-Jane East joined SVG Advisers as an investor relations/communications executive in 2012. Prior to this, Calista-Jane worked at Accenture where she has experience of both their Finance and Enterprise Performance and Customer Relationship Management practices, working on a number of client projects including those for Lloyds Banking Group and Willis. She has a degree in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge.

Charlotte Edgar joined SVG Advisers as media relations manager in 2008. In late 2011 she also assumed responsibility for the investor relations on a number of the SVG Advisers products. Prior to this, Charlotte spent three years at Lansons Communications where she was responsible for the public relations of a variety of quoted and unquoted financial services and investment companies. She has a degree in English and drama from the University of Southampton.

Helen Metherall joined SVG Advisers in 2006 and is an Investor Relations Client Services Manager. Before joining SVG, Helen was a Key Accounts Business Liaison Manager for the National Provident Institution. Helen qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 1991. She has a degree in English Literature from the University of Leicester.

Mercy Koko-Snuggs joined SVG Advisers as an Investor Relations Analyst in 2010. Prior to joining, she worked at J O Hambro Investment Management where she was responsible for supporting the Head of Sales. Mercy holds a degree in Economics from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Rebecca Hughes joined SVG Advisers in 2005 and is part of the investor relations and corporate communications team. Prior to joining SVG, she was Head of Client Services at Global IR. She also worked at Taylor Rafferty, a leading IR consultancy where she managed a wide variety of investor programs for publicly quoted companies. She has a degree in Politics and International Relations from UWE, Bristol.

Victoria Smith joined SVG Advisers as an Investor Relations Manager in 2009. Prior to this, Victoria worked in the secondary advisory team at Campbell Lutyens, executing sell-side mandates of portfolios of private equity fund or direct investments. She has also worked at Bear Stearns in the Equity Capital Markets team and began her career at Deutsche Bank. She has a first class Masters degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Edinburgh.