Directors

Howard Shore Executive Chairman

Howard founded Shore Capital in 1985. Howard began his career in private client discretionary fund management with Grieveson Grant & Co (now part of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein). After a degree in Economics from Cambridge, he worked as a financial futures broker when LIFFE was being established. He is responsible for the strategy and asset allocation of the Group. He is Chairman of Puma Hotels plc and a director of Puma Brandenburg. 

Graham Shore Group Managing Director

Graham was previously a partner in the management consultancy division of Touche Ross (now Deloitte LLP) and responsible for the London practice advising the telecommunications and new media industries. Graham worked for IBM as a trainee systems engineer and then took a degree in PPE from Oxford and a Master's degree in Economics from the LSE. He then worked for the Government as an economic adviser including several years undertaking industry studies. At Touche Ross he undertook strategy and economic assignment for a wide range of clients. He joined Shore Capital in 1990 and his responsibilities include the appraisal of deals for corporate finance and growth capital.  He is also a director of St Peter Port Capital Limited, the pre-IPO fund and of the Puma VCTs.

Michael van Messel ACA Operations Director

After a degree in Physics at Imperial College, London, he joined Hacker Young and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He then worked as a specialist in their tax department and subsequently for Coopers & Lybrand within its financial services group. He joined Shore Capital in 1993 as Group Financial Controller and became Operations Director in 2000. He is responsible for all operations including finance and compliance. 

James Barclay Douglas Non-executive Director

He qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen after gaining a degree in Law. He has over 10 years' experience in private equity, having been a director of both Murray Johnstone and Mercury Private Equity (Hg Capital). During that time he represented investors on the boards of several private and public companies. He now operates as a professional non-executive director of both public and private companies and assists companies to raise capital. Barclay is Chairman of The Hotel Corporation plc, Cascade Care Group Limited and a non-executive director of 4B Industries Limited. He chairs the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Dr Zvi Marom Non-executive Director

Dr Marom is founder and CEO of BATM Advanced Communications Limited. He is recognised as one of Israel's most brilliant technologists. A former first lieutenant in the Israeli Navy, he graduated first (with excellence) in electronics from the Naval Academy and first (with excellence) from the Advanced Naval Command Course. He has a post-graduate degree in medicine from the Sackler School of Medicine, Israel and an MSc in industrial electronics. Dr Marom is on the boards of several national and international academic committees for computing and communications. He has close links with the Israeli Chief Scientist's Office and with Governmental bodies funding research for Israeli high tech companies. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Jonathan Paisner Director, Group Legal Counsel

After obtaining a degree in French from Oxford University, he started his career as a solicitor in the corporate finance department of Berwin Leighton. Prior to joining Shore Capital in 2002 he was a director of a start-up venture capital and corporate finance boutique. Jonathan, who as Group Legal Counsel is also responsible for the Group's legal affairs, is primarily involved in the Group's asset management and principal finance divisions and is co-head of the Berlin office and is also a director of Puma Hotels plc.