Claude Bovet, with over 35 years of hedge fund and investment management expertise, is the founder and  owner of Lionscrest and the Blackthorn group of companies as well as an amateur racing driver.

Alex Dancy is the Managing Director of Lionscrest and, as CEO, is responsible for its operation and investment activities.  Alex has over 20 years’ experience working with investment advisors and corporate retirement plans as a financial advisor. He has worked at Raymond James, LPL Financial and Patrick Capital Markets. Throughout his career, Alex has provided guidance and investment management consultation to over 50 corporations.  Alex holds the Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst® designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies, which is associated with the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Executive Education at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. Alex has an undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University’s M.J. Neeley School of Business.

Julien Draper is an Advisor to Lionscrest.  With a professional career spanning private equity, venture capital and the motorsport sector, Julien has built an extensive network and gained broad commercial experience that uniquely positions him to advise on investments in rare and exceptional racing cars.  The son of a highly successful car collector, Julien has spent a lifetime around exotic machinery and motorsport. He started his career in the motorsport industry as a semi-professional driver and sponsorship broker. Pausing racing in 2014, Julien went on to pursue a career in private equity and venture capital and was a partner at a leading South African VC fund manager, Knife Capital, before joining Blackthorn.