The Investment Advisor

Our tight-knit investment team brings decades of market expertise to select investments, navigate markets and help achieve the company’s aim to grow the value of our assets over the medium to long term.

Hansa Capital Partners LLP is the investment advisor for Hansa Investment Company Limited. Its investment team is headed by Alec Letchfield, bringing a wealth of experience to managing the Hansa portfolio.

Alec is supported by a team of investment analysts and investment operations personnel. See the full team at:   www.hansagrp.com/team

Alec Letchfield joined Hansa Capital Partners as Chief Investment Officer in September 2013. He has over 20 years’ experience in managing multi-asset class and equity portfolios for both private clients and institutional investors.

Alec Letchfield

Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Hansa Capital Partners LLP

Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Hansa Capital Partners LLP

Alec Letchfield

Alec Letchfield joined Hansa Capital Partners as Chief Investment Officer in September 2013. He has over 20 years’ experience in managing multi-asset class and equity portfolios for both private clients and institutional investors. After joining HSBC James Capel in 1993 he headed up the UK equity team, developing the successful Focus Fund range based on conviction investing. Following his appointment as chief investment officer for HSBC Wealth, he was instrumental in developing the multi-asset class offering for private clients. This highly diverse range of solutions generated excellent investment performance and industry-leading asset growth. Alec is regularly quoted in the press and is a graduate of University College London where he studied Economics and is also a member of the Securities Institute.

William Lewis

Research Analyst

Robert Royle

Investment Manager

George Clifton-Brown

Research Analyst

Henry Millhouse

Research Analyst

Research Analyst

William Lewis

Will joined Hansa Capital Partners in 2012, having previously worked for four years on the investment team at Lord North Street (now Sandaire), a London-based private investment office. Will graduated from the University of Oxford in 2007 with a degree in Engineering, Economics and Management, following which he spent a year working in Parliament and the Home Office. Will holds the Investment Management Certificate and is a CFA charterholder.

Investment Manager

Robert Royle

Robert joined Hansa Capital Partners in 2016 to manage Global Equity portfolios. Prior to this he was a Partner at Smith & Williamson managing North American and Global equity mandates. He previously worked for Citi Quilter and Hill Samuel in similar roles. Robert graduated from the University of East Anglia in 2004 with a degree in History. Robert is a CFA charterholder.

Research Analyst

George Clifton-Brown

George joined Hansa Capital Partners LLP in March 2018 having previously worked for three years at Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based asset manager, where he led their EMEA data management team. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2013 with a degree in Land Economy following which he spent a year working at Newton Investment Management. George is a CFA charterholder.

Research Analyst

Henry Millhouse

Henry joined Hansa Capital Partners in 2022, having graduated from Newcastle University with a first-class degree in Economics and Finance. During university, Henry completed a 12-month placement with Kames Capital (now Aegon Asset Management), an Edinburgh based asset manager. Henry holds the Investment Management Certificate and is a CFA charterholder.