Finance

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.

Robert Wakefield is a qualified accountant with extensive experience across financial reporting, financial control, and investment accounting. As Finance Manager at Target, Robert is responsible for supporting the financial management of the business and its client funds, including financial controls, reporting and process improvements.

Before joining Target, Robert held finance and reporting roles with Aberdeen, Phoenix Group and BlackRock. His experience includes statutory, regulatory and management reporting, IFRS and GAAP, board reporting and investment accounting.

Robert also has experience in automation, data integrity, process improvement and operational change, as well as working with auditors, tax advisers and senior management. He brings a combination of technical accounting knowledge and practical experience to Target’s Finance function.

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.