Michael Alen-Buckley
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
London, GB
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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Biography
Michael Alen-Buckley is a Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of RAB Capital, and a long-standing patron of the Arts.
Together with a former colleague, Philip Richards, Alen-Buckley founded RAB Capital in 1999, RAB standing for Richards Alen-Buckley. Five years later the company became the first hedge fund to be listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) with funds under management of over a billion dollars at the time. Assets under management subsequently rose to over $7.5billion.
Today, Michael's vision for RAB Capital is a focus on investments in a range of sectors including natural resources, renewables, life science, early-stage technologies and real estate developments.
Michael sits on the Board of a range of these investments including ETA Green Power, Gordian Pharma, Solvotrin, Superdielectrics, Hibernia Star, Trasna and is also the Chairman of fund manager Zennor Capital Holdings.
Michael began his career at Spicer & Peglar (Chartered Accountants) and then moved into stockbroking with Wood Mackenzie. He went on to hold senior posts at James Capel, Smith New Court and Merrill Lynch and was appointed Head of International Equity Sales at ABN Amro Hoare Govett before leaving to set up RAB Capital.
Michael was a Founding Member of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (now known as the Standards Board for Alternative Investments), a non-profit organization set up by leading alternative investment managers to develop and improve industry practices.
Michael is a supporter of the Arts and serves as Chairman of the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, held annually in the grounds of Lismore Castle in County Waterford. He is Patron of Irish Heritage, a charity that promotes Irish musicians and composers in the UK. Michael is also a supporter of the Almeida Theatre and Donmar Warehouse as well as Garsington and Glyndebourne opera festivals.
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Background
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1999 — Present
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
RAB Capital Limited
RAB Capital is a private investment company focusing on investments in small listed and private companies in a range of sectors including natural resources, renewables, life science and real estate developments.
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Present
Senior Executive, UK Equity Sales
James Capel & Co
James Capel & Co was established in the 1770s and was one of the oldest stockbrokers in Britain until it was taken over by HSBC in the late 1990s.
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1991 — 1996
Director of Institutional Sales
Merrill Lynch
Previously known as Merrill Lynch, Merrill is now the investment and financial wealth management arm of the Bank of America.
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1996 — 1998
Director & Head of International Equity Sales
ABN Amro Hoare Govett
ABN AMRO Hoare Govett was an investment bank based in the City of London.
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1991 — 1995
Director, Institutional Sales
Smith New Court
Smith New Court was a UK-based brokerage firm acquired by Merrill Lynch in 1995.
Formative Years
Education
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Ampleforth College
Areas Of Focus