Leadership team :: Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT)

The Directors are responsible for the determination of the Company’s investment policy and strategy and have overall responsibility for the Company’s activities, including the review of investment activity and performance and the control and supervision of the Investment Manager.

Board of Directors

Maria Luisa Cicognani

Non-Executive Chairman

Maria Luisa has over 25 years’ experience with significant knowledge of the banking sector, emerging markets and corporate governance issues. Between 1993 and 2005, she worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, ultimately as Head of the Bank Equity group, before holding senior positions with Merrill Lynch and Renaissance Capital, Mediobanca, Azimut Global Counselling in Italy and Azimut International Holding in Luxembourg. Since 2016 she has been senior adviser to a number of financial institutions and investors as well as non-executive director in listed companies.

Maria Luisa holds a magna cum laude Bachelor’s degree in Business and Administration from Bocconi University in Italy and a Master’s degree in Japanese Economy and Business from the International University of Japan.

Christopher Casey

Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit Committee

Christopher has extensive experience as a non-executive director and audit committee chairman of public companies, in particular investment trusts. Previously he was chairman, independent non-executive director and audit committee chairman of China Polymetallic Mining Limited until 2016, independent nonexecutive director and audit committee chairman of Latchways plc until 2015 and independent non-executive director and audit committee chairman of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc, until August 2020. Christopher’s career spans over 40 years and he was previously an audit partner at KPMG before moving to transaction services, providing due diligence assistance to private equity and corporate clients. He graduated from Oxford University in 1977 with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

Christopher is also a non-executive director and chairman of The European Smaller Companies Trust plc, non-executive director and audit committee chairman of BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust plc and Life Settlements Assets plc as well as non-executive director of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income plc.

Gyula Schuch

Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Management Engagement and Remuneration Committee

Gyula is currently Equity Partner at Ithuba Capital, a management-owned independent investment bank and regional advisory firm with headquarters in Vienna. Formerly, he was Managing Director of EEMEA and LATAM Equities at HSBC Bank plc, Global Banking and Markets in London and Managing Director and Co-Head of EEMEA and LATAM Equities at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc in New York. Previously, he worked for HVB Capital Markets New York and CA-IB Securities New York Inc.

He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Business Administration and Economics in Vienna.

Leadership Team

Carlos Hardenberg

Carlos von Hardenberg is one of the founding partners of Mobius Capital Partners LLP, with 21 years of experience in financial markets.

Carlos spent 17 years with Franklin Templeton Investments starting as a research analyst based in Singapore, focussing on South East Asia. He then went on to live and work in Poland before moving to Istanbul, Turkey for 10 years. Carlos has spent extensive time travelling in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe researching companies and identifying investment targets. Throughout his career, the funds that Carlos has managed have received numerous awards, most recently Investment Week’s Emerging Markets Investment Company of the Year 2017, Money Observer’s 2017 Best Emerging Markets Trust and What Investment Trust Awards 2017 Best Emerging Markets Investment Trust.

He managed country, regional and global emerging and frontier market portfolios and was appointed the lead manager of LSE-listed Templeton Emerging Market Trust PLC in 2015. Carlos successfully managed the fund and generated significant outperformance over the entire period of his leadership. He also established and managed one of the largest global frontier market funds for a decade.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Carlos worked as a corporate finance analyst for Bear Stearns International in London and New York.

He holds a Master of Science degree in Investment Management from City University London and studied in Germany, the UK and Pennsylvania, US.

Carlos is married with four children born and raised in Poland and Turkey. In his free time, he enjoys being with his family, especially in the mountains, as well as reading history.

Policy documents

Date	Title	Document
2018 Sep 28	Audit Committee - Terms of Reference	117KB
2018 Sep 28	Management Engagement Committee - Terms of Reference	101KB
2018 Sep 28	Anti Bribery and Corruption Policy	124KB

Date	2018 Sep 28
Title	Audit Committee - Terms of Reference
Document	117KB
Date	2018 Sep 28
Title	Management Engagement Committee - Terms of Reference
Document	101KB
Date	2018 Sep 28
Title	Anti Bribery and Corruption Policy
Document	124KB