About Stellar Asset Management
Stellar was incorporated in 2007 and its directors have been responsible for the creation and management of a wide range of investment opportunities for the retail investment market. The directors were employed by Close Brothers Investment for a joint total of 40 years and launched products which invested in both the commercial and residential property sectors.

Craig founded Close Brothers Investment in 1991 and was its managing director from inception until early 2006. During his tenure, over £1 billion of capital was raised from private investors for a wide range of products and the number of employees grew to over 100. Craig was responsible for creating Close Brothers Investment’s excellent reputation for innovative tax and property based investment products.

Stephen trained and qualified as a chartered surveyor with a private property company before joining Close Brothers Investment in 1998. At Close, he was a divisional director and was responsibility for a number of funds which undertook a range of property trading activities including residential, commercial and mixed use developments, land dealing situations and the acquisition of commercial portfolios requiring active management to generate capital growth.

Gordon graduated from Loughborough University in 2000 before joining Close Brothers Investment. During his time at Close, Gordon helped to structure and monitor a number of EIS companies and funds before moving to the marketing team to help in the distribution of property and tax efficient investments including venture capital trusts. In 2005, Gordon left Close for Octopus Investments. When he joined this company it had £90million of funds under management. On leaving at the end of 2007, to join Stellar, this figure had risen to £400 million.