Michael van Och is Stafford’s Compliance Officer based in Rotterdam.

Prior to joining Stafford, Michael worked at Knab for five years formerly as a Business Consultant and leaving as Compliance Officer. Michael started his career at Robeco where he was based in the Netherlands for ten years and Miami for a couple. He fulfilled different roles during his time at Robeco with a strong focus on Compliance.

Michael is a Certified Compliance Professional (certified by the Dutch Compliance Institute) and holds a Master of Science degree in Criminology from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

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Rahul Patel is a Financial Accountant and is responsible for the Corporate Accounting at Stafford Capital Partners.

Prior to Stafford, Rahul worked across Fin-Tech and Professional Services sectors where he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Rahul is a Chartered Accountant with the ACCA and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from The University of Nottingham.

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Ujjaval Sadana is a Finance professional who is currently completing the ACA - ICAEW qualification, with experiences across Asset Wealth Management, Fund Administration & Operations.

Ujjaval began his career with PwC in Asset Wealth Management division, later moving into management accounting and financial reporting within direct private equity structures at Belasko. Ujjaval now works for Stafford Capital Partners in Fund Controller/Operations.  

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Victoria is Chief Compliance Officer at Stafford and is responsible for all aspects of compliance across the business.

Victoria brings over 20 years of experience in legal and compliance roles within financial services. Most recently at gunnercooke LLP, Victoria advised investment managers on all aspects of private investment management, compliance strategy, and global regulatory matters. Prior to that, Victoria was General Counsel at MVision Private Equity Advisers for nine years.

Victoria holds a Batchelors degree in Natural Sciences, a Distinction in Legal Practice from BPP Law School and trained in the Private Equity Group at SJ Berwin LLP.

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Dhara is Stafford’s Tax Manager and is Responsible for tax compliance, planning and reporting on behalf of the Stafford funds.

Prior to joining Stafford, Dhara worked as a Vice President in the transaction tax team at Duff and Phelps and as a Tax Manager in the KPMG private equity funds team.

She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, qualified Chartered Tax Advisor and holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Reading University.

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