Adrian Collins, age 53, was previously a Director of Strand Partners Limited, a leading London-based corporate finance advisory firm and has worked in the fund management sector for over thirty years, a large part of which was spent at Gartmore Investment Management, where latterly he was Managing Director.

Adrian was one of the founders of Trustnet.com, a leading provider of Fund performance information on the Internet. He is currently on the board of a number of public and private companies in the United Kingdom and overseas. These include New City High Yield Trust plc, Hiscox Investment Management Limited and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust plc.

Adrian is Chairman of Mentum Inc's Audit Committee.