People

Icebreaker Management acts as the administrator and advisor to all the existing Icebreaker LLPs and offers this expertise to future LLP members.

Caroline Hamilton: Caroline is the Managing Director and founding shareholder of Icebreaker Management. Throughout her career, she has been involved with enabling small businesses to grow and exploiting know how and other rights. For many years, she was a financier to the film and television industry, and before that she was a member of the structured finance team at Dresdner Kleinwort.

Caroline is also familiar with the single-minded determination that is required for entrepreneurs and other individuals to succeed. As a polar explorer, she was the leader of the only all-women expedition to ski to the North and South Poles. As well as travelling through the most extreme conditions on earth, this role also involved masterminding the expeditions’ sponsorship and marketing strategy.

The Icebreaker business model is Caroline’s brainchild and she has been its principal architect since inception in 2003.
Previously Caroline played a key role in developing gap insurance for the film and television industry. During her ten years as an advisor to insurance companies, she was involved with more than fifty international productions.
Caroline graduated with a Natural Sciences degree from Girton College, Cambridge in 1985, where she was also a triple blue.

Tim Jeynes: Tim has been an integral member of Icebreaker Management since inception. He brings nearly 20 years’ experience of the know how and creative industries, having previously held senior positions in software companies and worked in business affairs in the international film and television industry.

Tim was a key sales and marketing executive for a former subsidiary of Citigroup now known as EBS Dealing Resources International. EBS successfully pioneered new global interbank foreign exchange dealing and broking software systems to compete with the monopoly held by Reuters. Tim was also an important member of Spottiswoode & Spottiswoode, the company that successfully launched and sold the Blueprint range of software packages to companies throughout the UK.

More recently, Tim was responsible for co-ordinating Section 48 “sale and leaseback” transactions, structuring film and television risks for insurance companies, and monitoring the performance of productions.

Tim heads the investor relations team at Icebreaker Management and he is also responsible for much of the day-to-day administration of the Icebreaker LLPs.
Tim graduated in 1986 with a Geography degree from St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

Yorkabel Soquar: Yorkabel is a key member of the investor relations team. She acts as a principal contact for new LLPs and she is also responsible for circulating information and ensuring smooth communication between the Members.

Before joining Icebreaker Management, Yorkabel worked as a project management administrator for the NHS’ national IT programme, NHS Connecting for Health. As such, she co-ordinated the activities of around 60 people in the London office, organised events and was key in creating and developing a project delivery framework fro the service implementation team.

Prior to that, Yorkabel worked in the sales team at BUPA Wellness where she was responsible for a number of important corporate accounts.

Yorkabel graduated in 2002 with a History and Economics degree from Manchester University.

Sunita Corray: Sunita is a key member of Icebreaker Management’s project and business affairs team. She has particular responsibility for assisting the LLPs in sourcing and evaluating potential projects, as well as in negotiating, drafting and implementing effective documentation and procedures.

Previously, Sunita successfully identified and supported the delivery of the first online distribution opportunities for media rights holder, Catalyst Media Group plc. For five years, she also managed Catalyst’s ongoing business relationships and assisted in marketing strategies geared towards expanding audience share for the group.

Sunita’s business experience also includes media production. She has worked in a number of broadcast newsrooms and is a 2005 graduate of TV Current Affairs Journalism from City University. Sunita graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Matt Hodson: Matt is a consultant and a key member of the sales team. He is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with independent financial advisors and he also assists in the development of new investment ideas.

Matt brings extensive relevant experience to Icebreaker Management as he was previously a Business Development Manager at Drummonds Bank. While at Drummonds, he was instrumental in providing numerous loans to enable investors to become members of limited liability partnerships.

Matt started his career as a professional footballer. He was trained through the youth system at Wycombe Wanderers Football Club and was a senior player there before moving to Hayes FC where he made frequent appearances in the non-League premier division. Matt was also trained under the England Schoolboys set up as a youngster.

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS

Leading Tax Counsel
Andrew Thornhill QC
Pump Court Tax Chambers
16 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4EF

Solicitors
Stevens & Bolton LLP
The Billings
Guildford GU1 4YD

Auditors
Cheesmans
Chartered Accountants
4 Aztec Row
Berners Road
London N1 0PW