Finance

Gordon Bland is Finance Director at Target. He is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience of financial reporting within the asset management industry.

He provides financial input to the strategic and commercial activities of the senior 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.

Gordon previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for almost ten years, serving asset management and financial services clients in the UK, Canada and Australia.

Alastair is Director, Finance: Listed Funds at Target.  He is a chartered accountant with a depth of experience in both the Banking and Charity sectors.

Alastair’s key responsibilities are for the smooth running of the Listed Fund finance function and for supporting the Finance Director with financial planning and analysis, risk management, debt and capital market activities and Treasury services.

Before joining Target, Alastair spent 17 years with the Bank of Scotland, initially in providing debt in support of management buyouts before joining the strategy team supporting the CEO of the Corporate Division. Alastair then made the move to being an FD in the charity sector. Alastair is still connected to the social sector as volunteer Chair of a large central belt Housing Association.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.