Leadership Team

  • Philip Gent

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Philip has been in the investment industry since the 1980’s and has worked with the same investment team for over 20 years, initially as an equity analyst and then as a private client portfolio manager for individuals, trusts, charities and corporate clients in the UK, Bermuda and the Caribbean. He previously worked at Jupiter Asset Management, where he spent 6 years and then became a co-founder of Peregrine & Black Investment Management following the sale of Jupiter’s Private Client division in 2014. Philip is a member of the Securities Institute, an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals and a member of the CFA Institute.

  • Oliver Pearson-Lund

    Co-Founder & CIO

    Oliver started his investment career at Coutts over 25 years ago after leaving university. He initially started as an equity analyst and then a private client portfolio manager for individuals, trusts, charities and corporate clients. Oliver held the same role at Invesco Perpetual and latterly Jupiter Asset management where he became a company Director in 2009. Oliver co-founded Peregrine & Black Investment Management in 2015. Oliver is a member of the Securities Institute, an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals and a member of the CFA Institute.

  • Karl Thompson

    Co-Founder & Director

    After gaining a first class honours degree at university, Karl started his investment career with J.M Finn & Co. He moved over to the trading side to work as a market maker for IFX Markets. Karl left to set up and run the private client stock broking desk at Mint/BGC.

    In 2012 Karl founded Peregrine & Black with Patrick Bullman offering bespoke stockbroking services to professional and institutional clients. Karl became a co-founder of Peregrine & Black Investment management in 2015 and is a director of the business.

  • Patrick Bullman

    Co-Founder & Director

    Patrick has over 20 years experience working in bond, equity and CFD markets as a broker. He founded Peregrine & Black Capital in 2012 and became a director of Peregrine & Black Investment Management in 2015.