Blue Planet investment management

 DIRECTORS

 


David Shead
Managing Director

David joined Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd, Malta in June 2011 as a Managing Director, taking over the responsibility for the running of the company’s operations.

Prior to joining the company, David graduated at the University of Malta obtaining the B.Accty (Hons.) degree, and is a certified accountant and auditor. He gathered vast experience in the audit of the Investment Funds industry, both in Malta and overseas, having worked at the PwC offices in Malta, New York, Milan and London for five years, and also joined the Internal Audit Department at Air Malta on a four-month secondment. He later joined Betfair p.l.c., a FTSE 250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange, gathering considerable experience in management and financial accounting, across four Malta-based group companies.

David Shead is also a Director of Blue Planet Holdings Ltd.
 




Dean Bucknell
Executive Director
 
With several years of experience in the UK Financial Services industry, Dean Bucknell acted as Chief Executive Officer of Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd, Malta until June 2011. He continues to act as Executive Director of the Company.
 
From 2002 to his appointment in 2008, he served in a variety of roles with Blue Planet Investment Advisers Ltd in the UK, latterly as Operations Director. He commenced his career with the Scottish Midland Co-operative Society as a retail management accountant.  He is a graduate of Edinburgh University and has a BEng with Honours in Civil Engineering.
 
Dean Bucknell is also a Director of Blue Planet Holdings Ltd, Blue Planet Financials Growth & Income Investment Trusts Nos. 1- 10 plc and a former Director of Blue Planet Global Financials Fund & Master Fund. He is the Honorary Treasurer for the Anglican Chaplaincy in Malta & Gozo and was a Trustee and Honorary Treasurer for the English Speaking Union (Scotland) for two years, prior to his move to Malta.
  





David Mallia
Executive Director

David joined Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd as an Executive Director on 1st April 2008.

In 1975, David joined Barclays Bank Malta and after qualifying as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London, moved to Toronto, Canada where he formed part of the Treasury and Private Banking divisions of Chase Manhattan Bank and Midland Bank.

In 1989, David returned to Malta and joined Charts Ltd where he helped to expand the Wealth Management side of the business.  Charts has maintained a leading presence in the market.

 

 


 
Dr Kay Bendall, BSc & PhD in Computing, MSc in Finance & Accounting
Executive Director

Dr Kay Bendall was appointed an Executive Director of Blue Planet Investment Management Ltd in October 2010. She joined Blue Planet Investment Advisers Ltd in 2003 after a distinguished career in telecoms and research in both Western and Eastern Europe. She held senior management level positions in Motorola in the UK and Czech Republic. She also held research fellow posts at the University of Reading from where she completed her PhD in Computer Science. She has a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Warwick.  In transitioning to investment management she completed an MSc in Accounting and Finance at Napier University with a distinction, receiving a programme medal as the best performing student. She is also a director of Blue Planet Investment Advisers Ltd, Blue Planet International Financials Investment Trust plc and Blue Planet Holdings Ltd.