Howat Capital

Malcolm Howat founded Howco Group plc in 1982 and as Chairman and CEO for 25 years successfully established the company as a global supplier to the oilfield services sector growing revenues to over £300m with operations in USA, Canada, Singapore, China, Norway, Dubai, England and Scotland. By the end of 2006, Howco Group’s worldwide positioning had been well established with the company operating in all major oil centres around the globe and activities spanning from supply chain management to precision manufacturing and the distribution of speciality metals.

In early 2007 Malcolm lead the company into a partnership agreement with Sumitomo Corporation of Japan where they acquired a 50% stake in the business and then oversaw continued expansion for the next five years until Sumitomo increased their holding to 100%.

Alan Macpherson leads the firm's investment activities. Before joining Howat Capital Partners, Alan was Head of Capital Projects at Lloyds Banking Group where he was responsible for the investment strategy for a £10bn portfolio of fixed income assets held by the group's life and general insurance businesses, including Scottish Widows. Alan also worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Swiss Re.

Alan qualified as an actuary with the actuarial consultancy Tillinghast-Towers Perrin in London and has an MA in Mathematical Sciences from Oxford University.

Malcolm S Howat joined Howco Group in 1996, working in Scotland and relocating to Houston, Texas in late 1999. By 2001, Malcolm was responsible for group IT systems running essential operating systems, developing information management, software and security strategy. Malcolm has extensive experience of lean manufacturing, working closely with the Baker Hughes lean manufacturing team while based in Houston.

In 2010 Malcolm obtained his Masters in Business Administration, specialising in financial strategy.