Board

Peter is Chairman of the IA. He was an executive Director and Head of Investment at Schroders before becoming Group Chief Executive in 2016. He began his career at Schroders as a graduate in 1988 and subsequently held roles at Newton Investment Management, JP Morgan Asset Management as Head of Global Equities and Multi-asset, and at Deutsche Asset Management as Global Chief Investment Officer. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of RWC Partners before re-joining Schroders as Global Head of Equities in 2013.

Irshaad leads business development and client services for all Allianz GI’s institutional clients in Europe, as well as its institutional business development strategy in key regional markets. Educated in Canada, Irshaad started his career with Mercer Consulting, Toronto, in 1987, before moving to Russell Investment in 2004 and then relocating to London in 2010. He joined Allianz Global Investors in 2016 from AXA Investment Managers, where he was UK CEO and Head of UK & Nordics. He also led retail and institutional sales and client service teams.

A graduate of the ESSEC Business School, Maxime joined Carmignac Gestion in 2006 as an analyst, before becoming a fund manager. She has been a Member of the Group’s Board of Directors since 2008. Before that, she worked for various management companies in New York and London. She was also a consultant for consultancy firm McKinsey and a financial analyst at Lazard Frères and Morgan Stanley. Maxime is now also a member of Carmignac Group's Strategic Development Committee.

Michael is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group with 24 years of investment experience, 15 at Capital. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Michael covered European utilities and Israeli companies. Before Capital, he was a research analyst with Schroders and Salomon Brothers. He holds an MBA from the London Business School and a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics from Tel Aviv University.

Caroline joined Brooks Macdonald in 2017 from HSBC where she was Head of UK Premier and Wealth. Before this she held several senior corporate roles and gained extensive experience in the wealth and asset management sector as a consultant at McKinsey. Caroline started her career as a Fund Manager with Newton Investment Management.

Chris joined the IA in 2016 from TCUK, which he set up and ran as CEO for seven years. He sits on the Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce, the Boards of EFAMA (European Fund and Asset Management Association) and IIFA (International Investment Funds Association). He was previously a member of the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee and the FCO’s Diplomatic Excellence Panel.

Philippe was appointed to his current role in 2015, after being the company’s Chief Risk Officer for five years. Prior to that, Philippe worked as Global Head of Senior Expertise Risk Managers for four years. Before joining Global Risk Management, Philippe was CIO of AXA Multimanager Ltd, part of the AXA IM group in London where he worked for three years. He was previously Head of Fund Research in the Paris office for two years.

Peter joined Fidelity International as Managing Director of its UK Business in 2015. He is responsible for managing the company’s significant and growing UK Business and is a member of its Global Operating Committee. Before joining Fidelity, Peter held several senior positions at Barclays, most recently CEO, Wealth and Investment Management. He has extensive experience across financial services, having led teams in Wealth and Investment Management, Corporate Banking and Retail Banking divisions during his 24-year career at Barclays.

Alongside her current role, Rachel is also a member of the Global Executive Committee and chairs the EMEA Executive Committee. She is also the Global Executive Sponsor of the Women's Initiative Network. Rachel joined Blackrock in 2013. Before taking on her current role in 2017, she was Blackrock EMEA’s Head of iShares and Head of Global Clients, ETF and Index Investments. She graduated in 1987 from the University of Leeds with a BA (Hons) First Class in International History & Politics and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990.

Kim joined the company in 1993 as its Chief Financial Officer and is also an Executive Director. She has over 25 years of experience working globally in the financial services industry. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town. Kim also serves on the board of Governors of the Graduate School at the University of Cape Town and was named Business Woman of the Year in South Africa in 2002.

Euan joined Aviva Investors as CEO in 2014 and is a member of the Aviva plc Group Executive Committee. He’s also strategic advisor on the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy range of portfolios and chairs the Strategic Investment Group, a company-wide forum that approves the investment ideas to populate these funds. Before moving in to executive leadership, Euan had built a strong track record in fixed income and multi-strategy investing.

Joanna, who started her current role in 2014, also chairs the board of HSBC Global Asset Management UK. She joined HSBC in 2005 as Global Chief Investment Officer for HSBC Investments and her roles for HSBC Global Asset Management have included Global Head of Product and CEO for Asia. Joanna’s worked in the asset management industry since 1986 for companies including Prudential Portfolio Managers, ABN AMRO Asset Management and AXA Investment Managers.

Mike was appointed CEO of Premier Asset Management in 2005. He began his career as a private client portfolio manager and first joined Premier in 1987. Mike has overseen the company’s development from a broader-based financial services group into a highly focused and fast-growing investment management business. Mike was appointed to the Board of the Investment Association in 2015.

Before taking up her current position in [month, year], Michelle was at Columbia Threadneedle Investment, which she joined as CEO EMEA in 2017. She’s also a member of the executive leadership team of Ameriprise Financial. Michelle was previously Chief Risk Officer at M&G Investments and before that had an extensive career at Blackrock (previously Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Mercury Asset Management), where she was a member of the European Executive Committee and held several senior roles across the business.

Keith became Co-Chief Executive in 2017 and sole CEO in 2019. He was formerly CEO of Standard Life, having been a Director since 2006 and CEO of Standard Life Investments since 2004, which he joined in 1999 as Chief Investment Officer. Before that, he spent nearly 20 years at James Capel & Company in various roles, including Chief Economist and Managing Director International Equities. He’s a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Reporting Council and Director of the Investment Association.

Hanneke Smits joined Newton Investment Management in 2016 as CEO. She was previously Executive Committee Member and Chief Investment Officer at private equity firm Adams Street Partners. Hanneke is Chair of Impetus-PEF, a venture philanthropy organisation which backs charities that transform the lives of disadvantaged young people. She’s also co-founder and former Chair of Level 20, a not-for-profit organisation set up in 2015 to inspire women to join and succeed in the private equity industry.

As well as his role as CEO for EMEA, Patrick is also International Head of Institutional Clients for JP Morgan Asset Management. He’s a member of JPMAM’s Operating Committee and a director of JPMAM (UK), JPMIM Inc. and JP Morgan Funds. Patrick joined JP Morgan Asset Management in 1995 and was based in Singapore 2000-2005 as Global Head of Sovereigns, with extensive experience in reserves management in Asia and the Middle East.

Gervais has been an equity portfolio manager since 1985. In his 30-year career, he spent five years with Throgmorton Investment Management (later part of the Framlington Group), three years with Thornton Investment Management and 17 years with Gartmore Group, where he was Head of UK Small Companies. Gervais has published two books: 'Slow Finance' in 2011, and 'The Future is Small', which was published in 2014. He was awarded Fund Manager of the Year 2014 by What Investment.