Kalistan

[Doc]

Dame Allison Ananto-Westmoreland takes reigns at House Ananto
Princess Regent's First Cousin expected to lead Royal House into 5700s
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
May 5, 5688


Dame Allison Ananto-Westmoreland, Daughter of Princess Margaret Ananto-DeLaurentis, named Head of House Ananto and Miramar this month

Dame Allison Ananto-Westmoreland, daughter of the late Princess Margaret Ananto-DeLaurentis, and First Cousin once Removed of Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress in Waiting Carolina-Katherine Michelle Ananto-Connor, has been appointed by Her Highness, Princess Regent Nicolette Ananto-Collins to serve as head of House Ananto. Dame Ananto replaces Lady Helen Ananto-Reynolds, who served in that capacity for the better part of four decades.

Dame Ananto-Westmoreland, 44 years old, began her career almost twenty years ago as a financial and personal investment advisor at the Bank of Suldanor in Sulari. There she worked her way up, managing more than 60 Bn Imperial Rubles in assets for the bank's institutional investors. During her more than 15 years with the bank, her average rate of return was just under 3%, a pretty impressive return for an economy that likes to stay within a window of growth at +/- .5%. Much of her managed accounts and index funds included both domestic and international stocks.

"People liked working with Dame Westmoreland," said Calvin Grissom, who was one of Dame Ananto-Westmoreland's Supervisors and a Board Member at the Bank of Suldanor. "She came with a name, obviously, and people seemed to think that gave them an inside edge, but really, she just worked real hard and kept her ear to the phones, her eyes on her screens, and her mind in the game. She is just that serious: No joke, she made a lot of people a lot of money in her time with us, and she is an asset for certain."

When she was tapped for the the House Ananto position, she was just about to be promoted to Vice President for Accounts at the Bank of Suldanor. "House Ananto is a bit more prestigious," said Dame Ananto-Westmoreland. "No offense to my former employers. We left on good terms and I waived the severance to show my good faith. I of course will be taking a pay increase at House Ananto as well and will be in charge of one of the largest privately held wealth hordes, and certainly one of the, if not the, largest horde of precious stones on the planet. Its exciting, its vindicating, and I just am so excited for it."

The position of Director of House Ananto will draw on Dame Ananto-Westmoreland's extensive experience with fund management. "The only difference is, House Ananto could be considered an insider trading ring in liberal nations," said Dame Ananto-Westmoreland. "The laws we abided by as a public bank in Sulari all have the House Ananto Carveout. Something I was very envious of as a private sector banker now no longer apply." Dame Ananto-Westmoreland will have one client and one client only, and that is House Ananto, to whom she has a fiduciary responsibility. "And I'm gonna make this House a mountain of money while I'm here." Another part of her House responsibilities are to manage the various properties belonging to the House and staff associated with those properties. "As Director, I am part Investment banker, part scheduler, part HR manager, part real estate Trustee. Its a huge job and I basically have a bureaucracy under me to help me do all this stuff."

In her role as House Director, Dame Ananto-Westmoreland is also the CEO of Miramar Holdings, the public trading company which is the investment arm of House Ananto. "Miramar is, by its charter always majority owned by House Ananto," said Dame Ananto-Westmoreland. "So I can add CEO to my list of responsibilities. Miramar receives public and private investments by individuals who want to make money from the various operations that Miramar invests in. The difference is that Miramar is required to be audited once every other year, and the results are publicly released. We also have a fiduciary duty to all of our investors, not just the Royal Family. So it is more like a publicly traded joint stock limited Liability corporation in that sense. A lot closer to working at the bank and subject to all sorts of regulatory laws and restrictions, etc."

Dame Ananto-Westmoreland is eager to take up her post, and will do so when Lady Helen Ananto-Reynolds finally fully retires in early June. She is expected to remain on the job until well into the 5700s, barring anything unexpected.

@TheRepublic