John Kennedy

John Kennedy co-founded the Coral Portfolio fund platform in 2008. The Coral Funds are EU domiciled and regulated in Luxembourg by the CSSF. John is joint managing director of Coral S.à.r.l.,  the Funds’ Manager, whose first offering, the Coral Student Portfolio, launched in March 2009.  It has proved very successful, building on over a decade’s experience in this niche investment sector.

John was a founder at the Brandeaux Group where he established and developed their global institutional client base from inception in 1996 until 2007. The Brandeaux Group is an institutional property investment management firm specialising in UK student accommodation and freehold ground rents. They were the first to present student accommodation as an asset class to a worldwide investor base.

Prior to that John was based for many years in the City of London holding senior roles with UK Life Assurance companies such as Life Association of Scotland, Target Life Assurance and Britannia Life. More recently, John’s unique insight and experience in student accommodation, has provided valuable benefits to the Portfolio.

John is a founding Trustee of The Fund Aid Foundation – a UK charity (reg no. 1122675) established for the benefit of children’s charities.

Lawrence Frampton

Lawrence Frampton co-founded the Coral Portfolio fund platform in 2008. The Coral Funds are EU-domiciled and regulated in Luxembourg by the CSSF. Lawrence is joint managing director of Coral S.à.r.l., the Funds’ Manager. The Coral Student Portfolio was the first fund to be launched under the brand and, in its field, the first to offer a “Fund of Funds” choice in what is becoming a core asset class for many investors.

Lawrence has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry working for both UK and international financial institutions, latterly based in Hong Kong as Director of Far East Operations for Scottish Provident. He returned to the UK in 2001 and oversaw an independent fund management group that managed over $1 billion in assets.

Now, with a proven track record in student accommodation with the company, his focused and wider property expertise plays a pivotal role in the growing success of Coral’s flagship fund. With over three full years of consistent, targeted returns, the Coral Student Portfolio is benefiting from Lawrence’s influence and experience.

Lawrence is a founding Trustee of The Fund Aid Foundation – a UK charity (reg no. 1122675) established for the benefit of children’s charities. www.fundaidfoundation.org

Robert MacDonnell

Robert’s primary responsibility is to oversee all financial control activities of the Fund. Robert was previously a Director of the Brandeaux Funds and Brandeaux Managers. He was also Managing Director of Brandeaux Administrators in Dublin where he was responsible for the administration of numerous real estate funds with over £1 billion under administration. He also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dublin, Invesco in London, FM Trust in Switzerland and JP Morgan Chase in Dublin. Robert is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants.

Stéphane Weyders

Mr Stéphane Weyders holds a degree in business and economics from HEC in Liège (Belgium) and is a certified public accountant in Luxembourg and Belgium. After eight years of professional experience with major audit firms, Mr Weyders set up his own audit firm in August 2002 and the trust company TASL PSF S.A. (formerly T.A.S.L., Trust and Accounting Services Luxembourg, S.à.r.l.) in June 2003 of which he is the managing partner. This company provides services in the domiciliation and management of companies, audit, tax and VAT. Additionally, Mr Weyders is director for several Luxembourg companies.

Christophe Laguerre

Christophe Laguerre is a Director of Coral Portfolio, based in Luxembourg. He started his career in 1991 with Fortis Bank Luxembourg SA (today BGL BNP Paribas SA) where he was Manager of the marketing and the communication team. In 2000, he joined Natexis Private Banking in Luxembourg where he was Director in charge of marketing, sales and compliance of the investment funds serviced by Natexis Private Banking SA. Since May 2006, Christophe Laguerre has been active as a financial consultant. He is a member of the governing bodies of several Luxembourg based investment entities and is a graduate in marketing and communication from the Université Louvain La Neuve, Belgium and followed an MBA program at NLU Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America.