Our Purpose

We believe it is possible to invest in a transparent pre-defined way, based on the simplicity of equity stocks and cash, combined with the principles of Rotation and Compound Growth with the aim to out perform a global equity benchmark after charges over a rolling 5 year period.

Our Approach

We believe CommanderAM offers a genuinely different approach in this industry, in terms of how to best serve its clients and other stakeholders through:

Our investment aims - to meet the needs of an evolving savings industry; with a non "Star fund manager" approach; designed to be more resilient than passive equity and index trackers when markets fall; and to benefit from challenging volatile and sideways market conditions.

Our investment offering - that is systematic, non-emotive, repeatable, transparent and easy to understand.

Our business structure - being lean, flexible, cost effective and allowing use of the best resources to the benefit of investors.

Our Ethos

At CommanderAM, we believe that team ownership and culture is the absolute root towards investment success. By pairing a deeply human, supportive culture with a highly disciplined, systematic process, we build reliable futures for both our clients and our employees.

A Culture Built for Partners and Professionals.

A systematic process is only as strong as the human mind behind it. Our boutique environment eliminates corporate politics, allowing our team to focus purely on collaboration, innovation, and client success.

Our Core Commitments are:

Trust & Integrity: We explain our data-driven methods in plain English, so clients always feel secure and informed.

Discipline & Responsibility: We let data remove emotion from investing, while taking total personal ownership of our platform.

Valuing People: We prioritize a healthy work-life balance and psychological safety, ensuring our team stays energized and creative.

Calculated Innovation: We encourage our team to safely explore fresh financial ideas, keeping our system ahead of the curve.

Our Team

Highly collaborative Team, each with over 25 years experience, whose ambition is aligned to those of our investors.

Mark Randall

CEO

Mark is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of CommanderAM and a member of the investment team.

Prior to founding CommanderAM in 2002, Mark was the Managing Director of the London office of Bank Sarasin, where he spent 17 years managing and advising institutional funds and overseeing all international securities trading for the Bank Sarasin Group.

Mark was also founding Chairman of Acorn Alternative Strategies Overseas Ltd, a hedge fund of funds company with assets under management in excess of CHF 500 million.

James Ray

Portfolio Manager,
Head of Sustainability

James is a Portfolio Manager and Head of Sustainability. He is also responsible for the investor relations aspects of the firm’s operations.

Prior to joining CommanderAM in 2019, James spent nearly 20 years in investment and actuarial consultancy roles, followed by 10 years in asset management. He has held positions at BlackRock, Lombard Odier and Twelve Capital. James holds an MSc in Finance from London Business School and an MA in Geography from the University of Oxford, and he is a member of the Institute of Actuaries.

James Rolfe

Portfolio Manager,
Head of Compliance

James is a Portfolio Manager. He is also Head of Compliance and responsible for the operational aspects of the investment management and advisory activities.

Prior to founding CommanderAM, James worked for the London office of Bank Sarasin alongside Mark and Tim. He holds an MA (with distinction) in Finance and Investment, from the University of Exeter. James has over 25 years’ experience of managing and advising institutional clients.

Tim Tatham

Portfolio Manager

Tim is a Portfolio Manager and responsible for research and development.

Prior to founding CommanderAM, Tim joined the London office of Bank Sarasin in 1994, working alongside Mark and James managing and advising institutional funds. Since the 1980's, before joining Sarasin, Tim held positions at Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Creditanstalt Bank in Vienna.