They will be based at Goal Group’s London office, it said in a statement.

Gilbert was most recently regional sales director at Interactive Data, a provider of financial market data, analytics, and related solutions to financial institutions. In his new role, Gilbert reports to Noah Wortman, director of global business development, based in Philadelphia.

Dupoy meanwhile, has been working mostly as a senior consultant for both Merrill Lynch and Fidelity, specialising in the complex area of global corporate actions. Her career began at Standard and Poor’s.

Goal was founded in 1989 and now serves clients across Asia, Europe and North America. The firm works with persons and institutions which have suffered financial loss from owning shares in a company where there has been mis-management and/or unlawful behaviour. It estimates that between 2000 and 2007, nearly $12 billion had been “left on the table” by shareholders who had failed to seek redress for their losses, and is currently working on an estimate of un-reclaimed losses for 2008-11.