About Us

Prior to being the director of Tayrona Financial in Singapore, Mr. Pek has been previously the chairman of BP Singapore and a partner in KPMG’s Management Consulting in Singapore and Asia. He is also a non-executive director in several organizations in the oil & gas and infrastructure development sectors.

Claudio Genovese is CEO of Intermedia Real Estate, a historic and highly respected agency in Monte Carlo. Founded in 1960, the agency quickly built a solid reputation for honesty, loyalty, and integrity and has become one of the leading real estate agencies in the Principality. The agency’s reputation and core values are what attracted the Genovese family to this exciting opportunity and CEO and DOMUS AUREA INTERNATIONAL.

Born in the Principality and having acquired international experience (Monaco, Switzerland, Miami Luxembourg) as an asset manager, financial advisor, and real estate developer, Claudio has been able to work on complex operations, develop diversified portfolios of the most performing but also, to create an international network both in the private and public sector to best satisfy his local and international clients.

Claudio, together with his father Antonino, decided to buy the historic agency INTERMEDIA, founded in 1960, through which they currently managed over $300mil of AUM in the principality of Monaco.

Mr. Genovese is also managing AURA, a real estate reserve alternative investment fund (RAIF SICAV) with €1bil overall investment commitment from limited partners.

A professional in Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with a Master’s Degree in International Financial Markets.

Mr. Soriano Gallego has been an auditor of financial companies for Mazars Group in France, director of the Banco Popular in Panama, and Balboa Bank and Trust for the Caribbean region.

He has also been CEO of several financial companies including Albecasa, Iberpan Global, Soriano Gallego Infinity Financial, and Hemisferio Veloz among others. Soriano Gallego has vast experience in corporate and international Banking, an expert in the Latin American and Caribbean markets.

Representative and responsible for the advice and management of real estate investment activities in Spain of various funds and investment banks.

He has more than 30 years of professional experience dedicated to the management of urban projects, start-ups, and operation of industrial facilities, building contractors, and renewable energies.

He also has experience in the building process (design and construction) and in the structuring (acquisition, financing, transmission, and sale) of high-added value real estate investments in various areas (residential, commercial, and office buildings).

José Ángel is a Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, with a specialization in Urban Planning and a specific Master’s degree in building, business management, and finance.

Louis Alphonse de Bourbon is the head of the House of Bourbon by primogeniture. The Bourbons are the royal family of Spain. Members of the family formerly ruled France and other countries. As a pretender to the French throne, he is styled Louis XX and Duke of Anjou.

He is also a private banker in Banco Banif (Madrid), BNP Paribas Madrid and the International Vice-President of Banco Occidental de Descuento in Caracas.

Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard is one of the ninety hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting as a Conservative.

The son of the 2nd Viscount Trenchard and Patricia Bailey, he was educated at Eton College in Berkshire and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973. Trenchard served in the 4th Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets from 1972 to 1980, reaching the rank of Captain. In 2006, he became Honorary Air Commodore of 600 (City of London) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire since 2006, and a Lieutenant of the City of London since 2016. He was appointed Senior Adviser to Her Majesty’s Government on Japanese Financial Services in 2018.

Trenchard worked for Kleinwort Benson from 1973 to 1996, as the chief representative in Japan between 1980 and 1985, and as director between 1986 and 1996. For Kleinwort Benson International, he was a general manager of its Tokyo branch from 1985 to 1988, president from 1988 to 1995, and deputy chairman from 1995 to 1996. He was director of Dover Japan Inc from 1985 to 1987, of ACP Holdings Ltd from 1990 to 1994, of the Japan Securities Dealers’ Association as well as of Bond Underwriters’ Association of Japan from 1994 to 1995. For the European Business Community in Japan, he was chairman of the securities committee between 1993 and 1995 and vice-chairman of its council in 1995. Trenchard was director of Robert Fleming & Co. from 1996 to 1998, and of Robert Fleming International from 1998 to 2000. He was director of Berkeley Technology Limited (the former London Pacific Group Limited) from 1999 to 2010. He was Managing Director, Investment Banking, for Mizuho International plc from 2007 to 2012 and Senior Adviser to Mizuho Bank, Ltd from 2013 to 2014. Furthermore, he was further director of AC European Finance Limited from 2001 to 2003 and of Dryden Wealth Management Limited from 2004 to 2005. Trenchard was also chairman of The Dejima Fund Ltd from 2001 to 2009, from 2002 to 2008 senior adviser of Prudential Financial, and from January to December 2006 director-general of the European Fund and Asset Management Association. He has been chairman of Stratton Street PCC Ltd since 2006, a director of Lotte Chemical UK Ltd since 2010, and a director of Adamas Finance Asia Ltd since 2017. He was a consultant to Optum Health Solutions UK Ltd from 2014 to 2018 and a consultant to Japan Bank for International Cooperation since 2017.