Who We Are

Mark has been a Partner of Frostrow since its launch in 2007. Mark was previously at Close Finsbury Asset Management Ltd. in 2006 and was part of the Company Secretarial team responsible for five investment trusts. Mark spent over 20 years at Morgan Grenfell (acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1989) and, from 1994, he acted as Company Secretary for three investment trusts. Prior to that, his roles included foreign exchange dealing for asset management clients and portfolio administration. Mark commenced his career spending five years at Lloyds TSB. Mark is a Chartered Company Secretary and holds the ACIS qualification.

Eleanor joined Frostrow in 2011 and has been involved with investment companies since 1989. From 2003 she worked for AXA Investment Managers, with responsibility for the company secretarial functions for AXA Framlington’s investment trusts as well as all the UK companies in the AXA Investment Managers group. Prior to that, she was Head of the company secretarial department at Govett Investment Management. Eleanor qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, where she managed the audits for a range of clients, including a number of investment trusts. Eleanor read Classics at Cambridge.

Victoria joined Frostrow in 2012 from Hermes Fund Managers, where she spent three years as one of three company secretaries responsible for over 150 trading entities. Prior to that, Victoria spent three years with JP Morgan Asset Management and, from 2006, acted as assistant company secretary to 6 investment trusts. Victoria commenced her career spending three years at WS Atkins plc and a further year at Mouchel Parkman plc. Victoria is a Chartered Secretary, has a Master's in Corporate Governance and holds the ACIS qualification.

Sarah joined Frostrow in 2013, initially providing support to both the compliance officer and the company secretarial team.  Following her personal development within Frostrow and 10 years of experience working in financial services, Sarah now has a dedicated compliance role, supporting the compliance officer.  Sarah has a wide range of skills and knowledge acquired after previously having worked for over 20 years in the company secretarial departments of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, including RAC plc and Centrica plc.  Sarah is currently studying with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments.

Katherine joined Frostrow in 2015 after two years at TMF Group where she acted as company secretary to two investment trusts, amongst other clients. Prior to that, Katherine held assistant company secretary positions at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP, where she was responsible for over 100 entities, and Direct Line Group plc during the preparation for its IPO. She started her corporate secretarial career at NHS Kensington and Chelsea. Katherine is a Chartered Secretary and holds the ACIS qualification.

Kerstin joined Frostrow in 2018. Kerstin was previously at Invesco Asset Management from 2003 to 2011 as part of the Company Secretarial team responsible for a number of investment trusts and, again, from 2016 to 2017 as a member of the Invesco Group company secretariat. Prior to that, she worked in the company secretarial departments of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies such as Lloyds Banking Group, Hammerson plc and Vesuvius plc.

Kerstin is a Chartered Company Secretary and holds the FCIS qualification as well as an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MA from Frankfurt University.

Tasmin joined Frostrow in November 2020 as an Assistant Company Secretary.

Tasmin started her company secretarial career at South Essex Homes Limited, a subsidiary of Southend Borough Council, in an Executive Assistant (“EA”) and board support role supporting a board of 11 members for three years, before moving on to another combined EA role carrying out company secretarial duties and entity management for over 130 special purpose vehicles at Armstrong Capital Management Limited for two years. Most recently she supported the Quilter plc Company Secretariat on a fixed term contract basis, providing support to the team at both plc and subsidiary company level.

Tasmin is currently working towards ICSA qualification.

Amalia joined Frostrow as an Assistant Company Secretary in February 2021. Amalia started her career back in 2010 and has over 10 years’ experience working within financial services, having previously held roles at Capita Plc, a FTSE 100 company, Apex Group (formerly known as Link Asset Services Limited) and Ocorian (UK) Limited. Amalia's expertise included the fund administration of 100+ clients and management of special purpose vehicles across her various corporate services roles, supporting Company Secretaries, Partners and a wider operational team.

Paul joined Frostrow in 2021. He was previously Senior Investment Trust Company Secretary at Invesco Asset Management, where he had been from 2011, and before that was Head of Investment Trust Company Secretariat at Gartmore Investment Limited, having joined Gartmore in 1994 as a Company Secretary and Accountant. Paul trained as a Chartered Accountant in New Zealand with KPMG and is a member of the institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Auckland University.