Tom Winnifrith
Tom Winnifrith, the founder of t1ps.com in 2000, started his career in the City before moving to The Investors Chronicle. He starred in TV's Show Me The Money and was the founder of Red Hot Penny Shares (RHPS) as well as being a contributing editor to Shares Magazine. Away from work, his interests are West Ham United, the Ireland Rugby team, cooking and worrying about his weight. Tom is 42, divorced and lives in the Isle of Man.
Robert Sutherland – Smith
Robert Sutherland – Smith started his career in fund management and has seen numerous stock market and economic cycles and (as he likes to wryly comment) one or two short lived ‘new paradigms’ of stock market and economic possibility, like the dot com boom at the end of the 20th century. An economist by education, his first job was as trainee equity analyst with the long vanished broking partnership de Zoete & Gorton. After that, he worked as a fund manager for the Unilever Pension fund and subsequently as the head of financial and investment management research at Merchant Bankers Samuel Montagu, leaving as it merged with what is now HSBC. Appointed a director of County Bank Investment Managers, he managed both group and client funds going on to advise the Friends Provident to set up its first discretionary fund management business. He was a broker/analyst during and after the ‘Big Bang’ subsequently directing the research side of investment bankers Quartz Capital Partners which specialised in raising capital for new enterprises in the US, Europe and the UK. In recent years he has written for and edited publications devoted to equity investment in both small and large companies including t1ps.com, where he is Tom Winnifrith’s deputy editor.
Richard Gill
Richard Gill is Editorial Director at the t1ps.com group of newsletters and websites. Always having a high interest in the stock market Richard studied Business Management at Kings College, London, graduating in 2006. Richard joined T1ps.com in 2007 as a writer on the AIM & PLUS Newsletter and soon moved up to the position of Editor before being given responsibility for all the t1ps.com sites. His work involves meeting literally hundreds of smaller company directors every year and has taken him to places as far a field as Plymouth Harbour, an antenna factory in Northampton and down a coal mine in South Wales.
Richard’s work was recognised by the City in April 2008 when he was elected by a panel of industry heavyweights as the PLUS Journalist of the Year at the inaugural PLUS Investors Awards ceremony. He is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments and having passed Levels I and II of the Chartered Financial Analyst examination is now studying hard for Level III. Away from work Richard is keen on supporting Bradford City, politics, horse racing, musicals and playing piano.
James Faulkner
James Faulkner, started investing in the stock market when he was just 15 years old. His best trade was in 2004 when he more than doubled his money in cash shell Warthog within the space of two weeks. Although a working class Northerner, he is about as right wing as Genghis Khan and an avid critic of the current Labour Government. James also has a keen interest in history, but this does not extend to the belief that one should invest on the basis of history repeating itself (technical analysis). In other words, he is a fundamental investor through and through. But this does not deter him from making the odd speculative investment from time to time.James has privileged access to City movers and shakers and it is his mission to provide members with unique tips and information you can profit from. James has passed his Certificate in Investment Management from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
Steven Moore
Steven has been interested in the stock market, business and economics for many years. Seeing the lack of coverage and resultant significant returns available from small caps, he first invested whilst still studying for his A Levels and maintained an active interest whilst studying for a business degree at the University of Bath. Following his graduation he joined Rivington Street Holdings as a trainee equity analyst in September 2007 and has subsequently gained analytical experience across a variety of sectors of small-cap stocks.
Away from work, he is a keen sportsman with interests including football and tennis. He supports Manchester United and when not cheering on the ‘Reds’ can often be found mocking his Norwich City FC supporting friends.