Tim has day to day responsibility for running a UK closed end listed investment trust focused on Hedge Fund Secondaries and Illiquid funds in run-off. Prior to establishing  Warana Capital LLP, Mr Gardner was managing director at Morgan Creek Capital Management Europe, a US based investment advisor focused on alternative investment strategies. He was also the Managing Director and member of the Executive Board at Signet Capital Management Ltd, a fixed income fund of funds manager. Prior to joining Signet in late 2009, he was a Managing Partner of Guardian Capital LLC, which he co-founded in 2004. Prior to Guardian, he worked at Merrill Lynch (1993-2003) in London, New York and Buenos Aires, within the Global Institutional Equities Group and the Private Investment Bank. Mr Gardner has a BA in Business Studies and languages from Oxford Brookes University.