Finance

Alastair Murray is Chief Financial Officer at Target, having previously fulfilled the role of the Finance Director: Listed Funds since April 2023.

He is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in the financial services, asset management and SME sectors. He provides financial input to the strategic and commercial activities of the senior management team and leads the finance function where his key responsibilities include: financial planning and analysis; risk management; ownership of relationships with debt providers; treasury services; and financial reporting to shareholders.

Alastair previously worked at Bank of Scotland Corporate Division for 17 years, including seven years providing debt in support of  leveraged buy-outs and four years developing divisional strategy, before transition to a Finance Director role in the SME sector for 12 years, prior to joining Target.

Alan is a chartered accountant with more than 25 years’ experience working in the financial services industry.

Having joined Target in September 2025 his key responsibilities are running the Listed Fund finance function, with additional involvement in the fund manager’s finance operations, overseeing financial accounting and controls, and delivery of financial reporting. He also supports the Chief Financial Officer with financial planning and analysis, risk management, debt and capital market activities and treasury services.

Before joining Target, Alan worked in the asset management sector holding group financial controller positions at F&C Asset Management, BMO Global Asset Management and Columbia Threadneedle Investments over a period of 19 years. Prior to that he spent eight years at Ernst & Young, specialising in providing audit and assurance services to asset management and investment trust clients, following his CA training at a medium-sized accountancy practice.

Audrey joined Target's Finance team in 2023, her role as Director of the Unlisted Funds element of the business incorporates financial planning and analysis, managing equity drawdowns and distributions, investor reporting, and ensuring compliance with fund conditions/documentation, which has a strong focus on ESG matters. As such Audrey's role involves close collaboration with Target's Investment and Asset Management teams as the Unlisted Fund's portfolio of care homes expands.

Audrey is a Chartered Accountant, she specialised in Corporate Finance Advisory at Deloitte in London, with a focus on transactions in the Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure sector. Following a secondment to Group M&A at HBOS, where she led the due diligence engagement with HMT and their advisors in respect of the Government Asset Protection Scheme, Audrey joined Lloyds Banking Group's Commercial Banking Portfolio Management team. During her time at LBG Audrey spent two years working on the Ring-fencing Programme where she led the bank's engagement with the 'Skilled Person' team that had been appointed by HMT and the regulators to produce a report for the High Court to aid the Judge in reaching his opinion on the bank's approach to ring-fencing.

Robert is Group Accountant at Target. He is responsible for consolidation of the client Group financials and client statutory reporting.

Robert graduated with a degree in Economics from Edinburgh University. He is a chartered accountant having qualified with KPMG and has held a number of financial reporting positions with Lloyds Bank, Alliance Trust and most recently abrdn plc before joining Target in 2022.

Jamie joined Target as a Finance Associate in 2018. He earned his CA qualification in February 2024.

He is primarily responsible for assisting in financial preparation, analysis, and reporting. He graduated from Stirling University in 2018 with an honours degree in Accounting and Finance.

Sherwie joined the Finance team late summer 2024. She is responsible for the financial preparation, reporting, analysis, and investor reporting. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Ateneo de Zamboanga University in 2014 with Latin honours. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has significant audit experience with Deloitte and at Moore Stephens.

Before joining Target, Sherwie spent 2 years with Sanne Fiduciary Services Ltd specialising in corporate real asset accounting.

Jen Joined Target as Transactional Finance Lead in 2023.

She is ACCA qualified and prior to joining Target has 25 years' experience in the IT and Construction Industry.

She is primarily responsible for the transactional functions within the finance department.

William joined Target in 2023 as a Finance Associate and assists in the planning and analysis of financial reports while pursuing his ICAS qualification.

Prior to joining the team, he studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Strathclyde and graduated with an honours degree in 2023. During his studies he also worked to gain experience in the healthcare sector.