Paul Smithers

Director of Dealing & Sales

Paul joined Cornhill in 2015 as a Senior Dealer, in his time at Cornhill he has built a large portfolio of corporate clients by assisting them in managing their currency risk. In November 2018 he took up the role of Head of Dealing & Sales.

Paul started out his extensive career in the financial markets spanning more than 30 years at Midland Bank, which later became part HSBC. The early years were spent on the London International Financial Futures Exchange as a floor broker quickly moving through the ranks to become a floor manager and managing a team of more than 50 people.

In the year 2000 Paul transitioned to a commodity broker on the International Petroleum Exchange, where he spent 6 years broking Brent Crude Futures and was promoted to head of the Desk. Paul pursued his long-term ambition of moving from broking to trading and set up his own company, which was self-financed and where he actively traded both commodity futures and FX over a 9-year period.

Away from an established career in the city he is a family man with 4 wonderful children, and outside of family life he is keen golfer with a respectable handicap of 12 his other passion being football and for all his sins he is a West Ham fan.

Elliott Smith

Head of Risk & Compliance

Elliott joined Cornhill in 2015, having previously graduating from Brighton University. In a short period of time, he moved up through the business to become Head of Compliance, developing an extensive knowledge of the business and regulatory environment. Elliott also has an interest in business development management, and helping the business scale by embracing technology.

Having completed an Advanced Certification in AML by the International Compliance Association, Elliott will broaden his regulatory accreditation by obtaining his Diploma in Financial Crime Prevention.

When he is not at work Elliott likes to keep fit and plays hockey for his boyhood club where he is also Men’s Club Captain.

Sam Perry

Head of Finance

Sam is a qualified certified chartered accountant with a wealth of experience built up over 7 years across various industries & company sizes. In his previous role, Sam worked for venture capitalist Blenheim Chalcot’s, investment manager BCI, where he gained valuable exposure to an M&A environment & scaling seed & early stage start-ups. Before that he was a management accountant for the UK’s largest distributor of alcohol Conviviality PLC, where he managed the commercial finance team.

He holds a degree in Commerce majoring in finance & property from a top ranked Australian University.

Sam is an Australian & enjoys cycling, brewing beer & travelling.