Our Senior Team

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ETIENNE PAUL BOTES

Etienne is best known as the inventor of the Vortex Indicator, a technical trend indicator that was officially published in 2010. The Vortex Indicator is now widely used by the financial industry and available on most trading platforms. It is also used by news agencies such as Bloomberg, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal and Yahoo Finance.

Etienne has over 27 years’ experience in investment management and the development of quantitative strategies.

He co-founded a Swiss CTA investment manager called Vortex before relocating to the United Kingdom to provide investment advisory services for multi-manager hedge fund strategies, leading to the invention of the proprietary Alpha-Elite Allocation Engine.

Etienne holds a postgraduate Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics.

JOHN RHYS HOPKINS

John has over 30 years' experience managing investments in the financial markets, both for long-term and short-term strategies.

He graduated in Economics with an Honours degree from Brunel University, London in 1989.
Following his graduate training with JP Morgan, he worked as a proprietary trader for a number of banks in the City of London.

John subsequently moved to Copenhagen to join the team that founded Saxo Bank where he worked until 2003. At this point he launched an independent trading and finance company in Switzerland, Fund Advisers, which he sold in 2010.

Since then, John has been on the board of several financial companies and CEO of energy tech startup Macrocaps from 2017-2021.

John is currently the Director of Denmark for JOOLS Securities and is responsible for all Danish operations.

VICTORIA ROBERTS

Victoria has over 20 years’ experience in investment management and began her career at the index tracker arm of the Old Mutual Investment Group in South Africa.

She was subsequently Portfolio Manager at Vortex, a Swiss CTA investment manager, before moving to the United Kingdom.
Here she provided investment advisory services for multi-manager hedge fund strategies, leading to the invention of the proprietary Alpha-Elite Allocation Engine.

Victoria holds a postgraduate Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree in Financial Management for which she was awarded the University's Senate Medal for best performance.
In 2018, she received an award from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) for top performance in Global Financial Compliance.

JENS-CHRISTIAN CAPPELØRN

Christian is a seasoned investor with a focus on private equity and stock market investments, particularly specialising in special situations.

Previously, as the Managing Partner at Insights International, his management consultancy specialising in strategy and innovation, Christian guided numerous companies and governments around the world in strategic development. His extensive client list included prominent names such as Coca-Cola, Unilever, General Motors, Apple, LEGO, Volvo, SONY, Carlsberg, Pernod Ricard, LVMH, Nestlé, Virgin, Warner, Mastercard and McKinsey & Co.

With two Master's degrees - an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School, and an MSc in Sociology from the University of Copenhagen - Christian leverages his unique combination of skills as both an economist and sociologist in the financial markets.

In addition to his consultancy work and investment activities, Christian has shared his expertise through teaching and lecturing roles at Copenhagen Business School and various international business schools and universities.

Currently based in Monaco, he is actively engaged in board work, primarily in connection with private equity investments.

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