Sector: Financials
Director information for BURFORD CAPITAL LTD (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Bogart | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Director | 60 | ["Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Burford", "Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Time Warner Inc.", "Former Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Cable Ventures", "Former Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Entertainment Ventures", "Litigator representing companies such as IBM and General Electric", "Former Chief Executive Officer of Glenavy Capital LLC", "Investment banker with JPMorgan Chase"] | ["Management Committee", "Commitments Committee"] | 2026 |
| Christopher Halmy | Non-Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Directors | 57 | ["Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company", "Former Chief Financial Officer of Ally Financial Inc.", "Various finance, accounting and treasury roles at Bank of America and JP Morgan", "Certified Public Accountant", "MBA and undergraduate degrees from Villanova University"] | ["Audit Committee", "Compensation Committee"] | 2026 |
| Craig Arnott | Chief Investment Officer—International | 59 | ["Chief Investment Officer\u2014International", "Deputy Chief Investment Officer", "Managing Director", "barrister at Sixth Floor Selborne and Wentworth Chambers", "Partner and Head of Competition/Antitrust Law at Fried Frank", "counsel to Merck in its acquisition of Schering-Plough", "European Counsel to Delta & Pine Land in its acquisition by The Monsanto Company", "worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Gilbert + Tobin, Ashurst", "BCL and DPhil from the University of Oxford", "graduated with First Class Honours with University Medals"] | ["Management Committee", "Commitments Committee"] | 2026 |
| David Perla | Vice Chair | 56 | ["Co-Chief Operating Officer at Burford", "President of Bloomberg BNA Legal Division / Bloomberg Law", "Co-Founder and co-Chief Executive Officer of Pangea3", "Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for Monster.com", "Career began in the New York office of Katten Muchin"] | ["Management Committee"] | 2026 |
| Elizabeth O'Connell | Chief Strategy Officer | 59 | ["Co-Founder of Burford", "Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Glenavy Capital", "Chief Financial Officer of Churchill Ventures Limited", "Senior Equity Syndicate Director at Credit Suisse", "Investment banking career at Salomon Brothers", "Chartered Financial Analyst"] | ["Management Committee", "Commitments Committee"] | 2026 |
| John Sievwright | Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Directors | 71 | ["Former Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch", "20-year career with Merrill Lynch", "Chartered Accountant", "Trustee and chair of the audit committee for several Abrdn closed end funds", "Non-executive director and chair of the risk committee of Revolut Group Holdings Ltd", "Chair of the board of directors of Buyside Trading Solutions"] | ["Compensation Committee"] | 2026 |
| Jonathan Molot | Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer | 59 | ["Co-Founder of Burford", "Professor of Law at Georgetown University", "Courses on litigation risk management and finance at Harvard Law School and other institutions", "Counsel to the economic policy team on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team", "Senior advisor in the Department of the Treasury", "Law clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer at the Supreme Court of the United States"] | ["Management Committee", "Commitments Committee"] | 2026 |
| Jordan Licht | Chief Financial Officer | 48 | ["Chief Financial Officer", "Chief Operating Officer of Caliber Home Loans and Newrez Lending", "Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Caliber Home Loans", "decade at Morgan Stanley in investment banking", "six years as management consultant at Diamond Consulting", "member of the board of directors of United Texas Bank", "MBA from Columbia Business School", "BA from the University of Pennsylvania"] | ["Management Committee", "Commitments Committee"] | 2026 |
| Mark Klein | General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer | 58 | ["General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer", "13 years at UBS as Managing Director and General Counsel", "General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Marketfield Asset Management", "General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at NewGlobe Capital", "began career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges", "JD from New York University School of Law", "BA from Yeshiva University"] | ["Management Committee"] | 2026 |
| Pamela Corrie | Non-Executive Director | 68 | ["Managing Director in the Financial Advisory division of Carl Marks Advisors", "Former General Counsel at GE Capital Americas", "Spent ten years practicing law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges", "Chair of the audit committee of Fossil Group, Inc.", "Chair of the nominating and governance committee at IFit Health and Fitness Inc.", "Extensive experience in corporate governance and restructuring", "Bachelor\u2019s degree from Stanford University", "JD from the University of California, Los Angeles"] | ["Audit Committee", "Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Rick Noel | Non-Executive Director | 57 | ["Senior Advisor to MPowered Capital", "Former Partner of Varde Partners", "Focused on financial services private equity and distressed credit portfolios", "Previous roles at Advantus Capital Management and Cargill Financial Services", "MBA in Finance from University of Minnesota", "Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from University of Northern Iowa", "Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Robert Gillespie | Non-Executive Director | 70 | ["Investment banker with over 25 years at UBS", "Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, EMEA, and Joint Global Head of Investment Banking", "Chartered Accountant", "Chair of UK Export Finance board", "Non-executive chair of Spirit Yacht Holdings Ltd.", "Former non\u2010executive director of NatWest Group plc", "Director General of the UK Takeover Panel", "Non-executive director of Citizens Financial Group Inc. and Ashurst LLP", "Non-executive chair of Boat Race Company Ltd. and Somerset House Trust"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee", "Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Rukia Baruti Dames | Non-Executive Director | 57 | ["Experienced independent full-time arbitrator", "Qualified solicitor in England and Wales", "Advisory Board Member of the Tanzania International Arbitration Centre", "Director of Ruxbil Nature Retreat", "Co-founded Africa International Legal Awareness", "Co-founded the African Arbitration Association"] | ["Compensation Committee", "Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Travis Lenkner | Chief Development Officer | 46 | ["Chief Development Officer", "founder and Chief Executive Officer of Larkspur Partners LLC", "co-founded and Managing Partner of Keller Lenkner LLC", "launch partner in Gerchen Keller Capital", "Senior Counsel at The Boeing Company", "attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher", "JD from the University of Kansas School of Law", "BS from Kansas State University", "law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Brett M. Kavanaugh"] | ["Management Committee"] | 2026 |
