Vitesse Media appoints Derek Stewart to Board as Non-Executive Director

– UK – Vitesse Media Plc, the SME focused digital media and events business, is pleased to announce the appointment of Derek George Stewart, age 45, to the board as a non-executive Director, effective 25 February 2014.  Derek will oversee the development of Vitesse’s Crowdfunding operations, as announced on 28 January 2014. 
Derek was formerly co-founder and CEO of Global Alternative Investments, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon where he built the business from a start-up to managing US$1.9bn for institutional clients in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.  Derek has 29 years’ experience in the financial sector, including a 17-year track record managing alternative investments; generating positive returns for investors in 16 of those years.  Derek is also the co-founder and a Director of Carduus Capital LLP, an FCA regulated investment manager and advisor specialising in alternative investments.

Executive Chairman, Sara Williams, said: “Derek’s experience and knowledge of the investment market and platform technology is central to the development of Vitesse’s recently announced Crowdfunding operation.  We are already working with Derek and his team towards the launch of our Crowdfunding operation, which is a natural extension of our philosophy of ‘connecting investors and entrepreneurs’ drawing on the strength of Vitesse’s existing brands and relationships.”

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