
Miles Cohen
CEO & Founding Partner
As CEO & Co-Founder of Green Ash Partners, Miles is directly responsible for the management of the firm and is a key member on the investment committee. Miles has extensive portfolio management expertise at Green Ash, running discretionary funds and managed accounts for the firm’s clients. Miles has over two decades of experience in structured and vanilla credit and equity markets. Prior to establishing Green Ash, Miles was a portfolio manager and senior capital markets adviser in the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs in London. In this role, he was responsible for managing global credit and multi-asset class mandates for clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before that, Miles worked at Merrill Lynch for eight years in debt capital markets where he established a fixed income, currency and commodity team. Miles has a BA Hons degree in Industrial Economics from Nottingham University and is married with two children.

Nick Freeman
Founding Partner
Co-founder of Green Ash Partners Nick is a portfolio manager and a member of the investment committee. Nick has twenty years of experience in liquid capital markets, with a focus on global credit and macro investment strategies. Prior to founding Green Ash, Nick was a portfolio manager and senior capital markets adviser in the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs in London. Nick was educated at University College London where he received a BSc Hons degree in Information Management. He lives in London with his wife and three children.

Adrian Courtenay
Founder of GA-Courtenay Special Situations Fund and Managing Director
Adrian Courtenay is Founder of the GA-Courtenay Special Situations Fund and Managing Director at GreenAsh Partners, heading Special Situations Strategies as an independent unit within the firm. Adrian oversees the GA-Courtenay Special Situations Fund, an award winning performance orientated hedge fund targeting consistent positive returns across diverse market conditions. The fund serves both institutional and retail investors.
In 2025, the GA-Courtenay Special Situations Fund won the Best Performing Event Driven UCITS Fund (5 yrs) from the Hedge Fund Journal. Prior to GreenAsh Partners, Adrian launched the Special Situations Fund at Odey Asset Management, following his tenure as Vice President, Special Situations Group at D.E. Shaw & Co.
Adrian, who is also a recognised speaker at Sohn investment conferences, has completed the Chartered Financial Analyst Program and is a graduate of Oriel College, Oxford, where he was a scholar.

Lorenzo Vela
Analyst
Lorenzo Vela joined Green Ash Partners as an Investment Analyst. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of British Columbia and holds the CISI Certificate in Wealth and Investment Management. At Green Ash, Lorenzo leads the development of AI-driven solutions to streamline workflows and enhance internal efficiency, supports trade instruction and settlement, and works closely with the institutional wealth management team.

James Sanders
Portfolio Management & Research
James is a portfolio manager and research analyst at Green Ash Partners. Over his 10+ years at the firm, James has overseen the fundamental analysis underpinning single stock and corporate bond holdings within Green Ash’s family of managed accounts and UCITs funds, and is also responsible for the construction of thematic equity exposure. James is a member of the Investment Committee, and manages the Horizon fund. Prior to joining Green Ash in 2013, James worked at Morgan Stanley, providing analytics and investment advice to fund managers and large family offices in EMEA. His role covered a wide variety of advisory and discretionary investment mandates, spanning equities, fixed income, commodities and FX. James holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute, and has a BA Hons degree in Philosophy from University College London.

Michele Affortunati
Portfolio Management
Michele is a portfolio manager and a member of the Green Ash Investment Committee. He has been involved in the management of the Onyx multi-asset fund since its launch in 2015. Prior to joining Green Ash, he worked in the financial industry for 11 years as an analyst and sales in independent research houses in London, including 7 years at Stockcube, where he was a Technical Analyst. Michele read economics and business in Florence, Italy, and is an Investment Management Certificate holder, from CFA association. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.