Monica was appointed to the Board on 7 February 2025. She has twenty years of experience in the funds sector. She built her expertise in a variety of roles, buy-side and sell-side, which gave her varied insights into the investment trusts sector. Monica is currently a non-executive director of Golden Prospect Precious Metals Limited. From 2017 to 2023 she was a director at finnCap Capital Markets Limited (currently Cavendish Capital Markets Limited), where she cofounded and developed the Investment Companies team. Prior to this she was Head of Investment Companies Research at Cantor Fitzgerald Europe and a no.1 Extel rated alternatives funds analyst. She began her career as a funds analyst at Killik & Co Wealth Managers.  She is a member of the AIC Statistics Committee, is a CFA charterholder and has a degree in Finance, Insurance, Banks and Capital Markets from the Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest.