
David Kappler
Chairman
David was the CFO of Cadbury Schweppes plc for 9 years until he
retired in 2004 to take on a plural non-executive career. This
included 10 years as the Senior Independent Director at IHG plc,
formerly Intercontinental Hotels Group, who franchise, manage or
own nearly 4700 hotels around the world; 12 years as a Director
(including 4 years as Deputy Chairman) at Shire plc, a major
pharmaceuticals company; 6 years as Chairman of Premier Foods, a
major UK food manufacturer; and 3 years as a Director of Flybe plc,
the airline company. He has also served as a director on a number
of boards of international public and private companies over the
years. David is one of the first investors in The Hideaways Club,
he joined the board in 2014 and was appointed Chairman in
2020.
Email: davidkappler@thehideawaysclub.com

Anders Granström
Director
Anders is an entrepreneur and runs the investment company Kraften Invest AB in Sweden. He started his first business whilst studying and has since built up a successful investment company. He has started Sweden's largest bus company, bedding, financial agencies, telecommunications, trading and real estate companies. Today Kraften Invest focuses mostly on real estate and construction as well as financial consulting. Anders joined The Hideaways Club in 2016 and was appointed to the board in 2020.
Email: anders.granstrom@kraften.se

Russell Walls
Director
Russell is a Chartered Accountant, has worked overseas for many years and was a FTSE 100 CFO for 13 years until 2002. He has since had a portfolio of non-executive directorships in the UK, USA and overseas which have included FTSE 100, 250 and AIM listed companies as well as an NYSE listed company. These appointments included chairing a number of Audit, Remuneration and Risk Committees. He has recently retired as chairman of Aviva UK Life and Aviva Italy, as well as from the board of two listed companies in India. He has also acted as chair of the British School in Milan, Treasurer of The British Red Cross and member of the Finance Commission of The International Red Cross based in Geneva. Russell joined The Hideaways Club in 2008 and has recently transferred his share to his children. He was appointed to the board in 2020.
Email: russellwalls234@gmail.com

Urs Spitz
Director
Urs is a senior executive, entrepreneur, business angel and investor. He studied Chemistry and Computer Science in Zürich, Chicago and Boston. He gained extensive professional experience as a consultant with Bain & Co. and as a senior business manager with the international group Mettler Toledo. Since 2004, he is leading the Biosynth group, a fine chemical manufacturer, which during his tenure has grown into a multi-national group with sites in Europe, Asia and North America. Urs joined The Hideaways Club in 2014 and was appointed to the board in 2020.

Alan Buchanan
Director
Alan is a corporate lawyer and was appointed to the board in
2020. He initially practised at a top tier firm in Northern Ireland
before moving to Gibraltar in 2008. He is now a Director of the
Gibraltar law firm Triay and Triay where he heads up the busy
Corporate and Commercial Team, specialising in corporate finance
and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He has an excellent
reputation as a leading lawyer in this sector and is described as a
'next generation lawyer' by the Legal 500. He assisted in the
formulation of the Gibraltar's Companies Act 2014 and co-authored
the Gibraltar law chapters to The Mergers and Acquisitions Review
(Expert Panel) (11th Edition, The Law Reviews) and The Employment
Law Review (6th Edition, The Law Reviews). He is also a Chairperson
of the Employment Tribunal in Gibraltar.
Email: alan.buchanan@triay.com

Joey Garcia
EIF Director
Joey was appointed to the board in 2011. He is a partner and
head of the Financial Services and Fintech practice at the law firm
ISOLAS in Gibraltar. He advises an international client base which
includes funds, investment managers and banks as well as blockchain
and protocol level businesses in the financial services sector. He
is a member of the prestigious global Wharton Reg@Tech think tank
in Philadelphia and was ranked as one of the top 12 Fintech lawyers
in the world for 2018. Joey was the Chairman of the Gibraltar Funds
and Investment Association for two years, as well as a lecturer at
the Gibraltar University for legal students. He worked on
secondment with the local Regulatory Authority on the transposition
of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager's Directive, and sits on
the Gibraltar Finance Centre Council.
Email : joey.garcia@isolas.gi

Moe Cohen
EIF Director
Moe has been a director of the Club since inception. He is a
Chartered Accountant and a founding partner and CEO of RSM
Gibraltar. Moe was previously a partner in Deloitte Gibraltar for 4
years where his clients included insurance companies, hedge funds,
banks and a number of large private clients. Moe's work has
included advising on tax policy and fund legislation. He was also
CEO of The Bonita Trust, a large international philanthropic
organisation. Currently Moe is an executive member of the Gibraltar
Accountants Society, executive of Gibraltar Fund and Investment
Association and is the Gibraltar representative for the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is approved by
the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission to act as an
Experienced Investor Fund ('EIF') Director, a Statutory Auditor and
a licensed Insolvency Practitioner.
Email: hideaways@rsm.gi