Board of Directors

Mr Montfort has been involved in business and investing since 1998 and prior to joining Terra Partners in 2003 he was the chief legal and economic advisor of the Euro-Czech Forum, a joint institution of the Chambers of Commerce of Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the legal and political advisor to the Delegation of the European Commission to the Czech Republic.

Mr Montfort currently serves as a director of Worldwide Opportunity Fund, Terra Bangladesh Funds, AGNI Systems Ltd., the largest Bangladesh internet service provider listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange and as an alternate director of Rainbow Tourism Group, the largest hotel company in Zimbabwe. Mr Montfort previously served as a director of Beta Vietnam Fund, closed-end fund listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange and Belograd Electro, the largest Serbian electric trading company listed on Beograd stock exchange.

As an expert in the area of "Doing Business in Central and Eastern Europe", Mr Montfort has lectured for various MBA programmes on Central Eastern Europe in connection with their EU accession and has participated as a speaker in International and Czech business and legal conferences.

Mr Montfort has a Master in Business Administration, with distinction from DePaul University in Chicago, a Master's degree in Law from Charles University in Prague and a Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of International Relations of the University of Economics, Prague.