Octtane is managed by a team of experienced professionals, each of whom brings a specific skill set to the management and operation of the company. Cumulatively they represent over 100 years of experience in the financial, banking, marketing-communications and entertainment industries at the highest levels.

Nick Marrett – Founder & CEO
The worst thing you could say about Nick’s career is it sounds like a clichéd TV commercial. He didn’t exactly start out in dispatch, but he wasn’t much higher. And in less than ten years rose to become CEO of Batey, the most recognized and awarded independent advertising agency in Asia-Pacific. More...
 

James Slade - Shareholder & Director
James began his career as a Stockbroker and Investment Banker in London in the nineteen eighties. After a spell with the established firms of Kitcat & Aitken and Panmure Gordon he moved into SE Asia equity broking with Crosby Securities. Exposed to the exciting potential of S.E. Asia and keen to seek new opportunities James relocated to Hong Kong in 1988 where he quickly became one of the rising stars at Barings. More...
 

   
Mark Greaves - Shareholder & Director
Mark C. Greaves graduated with an MA in Economics from Cambridge University in 1977 and joined N.M Rothschild & Sons Limited, spending the next 25 years with Rothschilds in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. He was appointed Managing Director in 1994 at the age of just 37, and assumed overall management responsibility for all the group’s businesses in Asia, covering investment banking, treasury, private equity and related activities. More...
 

Simon Woods - Director
Born in London and educated at Westminster School, Simon graduated from Durham University with a BA in Anthropology in 1976, and from Durham University Business School with an MSc in 1977. He also holds a Cert. Dip. in Accounting and Finance from the City of London Polytechnic. More...