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J O Hambro Capital Management (‘JOHCM’) is a performance-led active investment management firm, offering its institutional and wholesale client base differentiated regional equity, global equity, multi-asset and fixed income strategies.
The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (‘SFDR’) will require firms such as JOHCM to provide certain disclosures to clients in respect of how sustainability risks are integrated into its business and its financial products. This Sustainability Risks Policy (‘Policy’) sets out JOHCM’s overarching philosophy, investment practices and governance procedures as they relate to the management of sustainability and environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) risks within its investments.
JOHCM operates a multi-boutique structure which offers its experienced fund managers the ability to be independent in their thinking, maintain autonomy over their investment approaches and be accountable for the outcomes.
JOHCM's fund managers have complete investment freedom, subject to risk criteria and investment restrictions – there is no ‘house’ view on economies, markets, sectors or stocks. This leads to a diversity of views and approaches across its investment teams and insulates its investment teams from the dangers of ‘groupthink’. A combination of this intellectual latitude, transparent pay schemes and the absence of bureaucratic practices associated with many larger fund management companies has led to extremely low turnover amongst JOHCM's investment professionals.
JOHCM fundamentally believes that decision-making around sustainability and ESG considerations should remain with the fund managers as part of their overall management of their strategies. Each of our investment teams continues to evolve its own approach to integrating ESG and sustainability considerations into their investment process and stewardship practices as they see most relevant to their respective strategies. This autonomy and diversity of approach is a key strength in our business and plays an important role in our ability to deliver the investment outcomes and solutions that meet the needs of our clients.
As an investment manager, JOHCM is committed to acting and investing responsibly, considering the full range of risks an investee company may face. This includes ESG and sustainability risks which have the potential to be material to the value of our clients’ investments.
Under SFDR, “sustainability risk” means an environmental, social or governance (“ESG”) event or condition that, if it occurs, could cause an actual or a potential material negative impact on the value of an investment. This Policy therefore approaches sustainability risk from the perspective of the risk that ESG events might cause a material negative impact on the value of JOHCM’s clients’ investments.
A foundational belief of our philosophy is that integrating consideration of ESG and sustainability risks into financial analysis enhances investment decision-making and can improve long-term risk-adjusted returns for our clients. As such, we have a responsibility and interest in doing so.
Further, we believe that if current trends continue where regulatory changes and market dynamics are influenced by societal objectives around sustainable economic development, then ESG and sustainability risks will become increasingly material to investments. Consequently, our understanding of how such risks may impact upon individual investments, as well as financial markets more broadly, needs to evolve continually.
Finally, we believe that successful sustainable investing strategies require a balance between an investment’s expected return, its specific financial (including relevant ESG and sustainability) risks, and the need to ensure it is consistent with clients’ objectives.
For the purposes of SFDR, sustainability risk is not concerned with the risk of harm that our investment decisions may do externally to sustainability factors. In other words, this policy covers “value” rather than “values”. The external harm of investments is covered by a separate regime under SFDR, which considers the principal adverse impacts of a firm’s investment decisions on sustainability factors. Given its size, JOHCM is entitled to make a decision whether or not to implement the principal adverse impact arrangements under Article 4 of SFDR, and has elected not to comply for now. This decision will remain under review at a firm level while further elements of SFDR are implemented, but does not preclude individual investment teams from doing so as part of their own investment considerations for each strategy.
As part of its broader risk management processes, JOHCM has implemented procedures to identify, measure, manage and monitor sustainability risks within investment analysis and decision-making. Reflecting our multi-boutique structure, teams have autonomy to integrate ESG and sustainability considerations in a manner consistent with their investment approach. Where any ESG or sustainability considerations may impact the financial performance of an investment, those factors are taken into account as part of JOHCM’s active investment processes in the same way as we consider other potential risk factors. Therefore, all investment teams review the sustainability risks, including within research, analysis and due diligence, which are potentially likely to cause a material negative impact on the value of their clients’ investments, should those risks occur.
Where investment teams differ is in how they factor those sustainability considerations into their investment processes. This is best demonstrated through the application to JOHCM’s funds of SFDR, which categorises funds into three groups depending upon the degree to which they have integrated these factors into their investment processes.
• Article 6 funds – While the fund management teams are provided with information on sustainability risks, and are encouraged to take sustainability risks into account when making an investment decision, a sustainability risk would not by itself prevent the fund manager from making any investment. Instead, sustainability risk forms part of the overall risk management processes, and is one of many risks which may, depending on the specific investment opportunity, be relevant to a determination of risk.
• Article 8 funds – These funds consider sustainability factors in the pursuit of their investment objectives. There will be a spectrum of approaches within Article 8 and sustainability considerations (including sustainability risk) will form a binding element of the investment process, although the fund will not necessarily be pursuing specific sustainability objectives.
• Article 9 funds – These are funds which have a dual purpose. As well as seeking a financial return, they also target sustainability outcomes, as the investment objective of these funds is to generate a positive social and/or environmental impact by making sustainable investments.
While there is some consideration of ESG and sustainability risks as a part of every investment strategy managed by JOHCM, the defining characteristic of the Article 8 and 9 funds managed by JOHCM is increased integration of these considerations as part of the investment process. In other words, there is a progression from evaluating only the financially material risks to a portfolio towards more values-based investment decision making. The extent to which values-based considerations are integrated determines into which of the above categories a particular fund may fall.
In measuring sustainability risk, fund managers may take into account both “physical” and “transition” risks. An example of a “physical” or tangible risk related to a sustainability event is the impact of severe climate-related weather events leading to business disruption or losses for a fund’s investment positions. “Transition” risks focuses on the risk to real and financial assets as the world moves towards a more sustainable environmental and social model.
For those funds that put an increased emphasis on sustainability risks, fund managers use a variety of tools in order to select investments. These include:
• Sustainability metrics: The fund manager uses sustainability scores from third party data providers to assess the potential likelihood of occurrence and severity of sustainability risks within the typical investment horizon for the fund manager’s clients. Certain fund managers will gather this data into a “scorecard” through which to collate a number of metrics in relation to a potential investment.
• Exclusionary screens: Various fund managers apply exclusionary screening to support in the mitigation of potential sustainability risks. These screens may exclude particular issuers, industries, jurisdictions and / or geographies which the fund managers have identified as having elevated sustainability risk. Other screens may be implemented to support improved environmental or social characteristics of their funds.
• Best in class: Certain fund managers apply best-in-class investment criteria, by which the fund managers believe they can improve the sustainability risk profile of their clients’ portfolios. This approach applies a sustainability risk rating score to relevant issuers / industries / jurisdictions / geographies and imposes a restriction on investing in those issuers with poor comparative risk ratings.
• Thematic investing: In these funds, the fund manager manages the strategy on a thematic basis, with the specific purpose of promoting particular ESG-related characteristics within the fund, for example a lower-carbon fund. The thematic focus of the fund should lead to lower sustainability risks in its portfolio.
• Impact Investing: Impact funds pursue social and/or environmental outcomes in addition to financial objectives. Due to the sustainability focus of such investments, the fund managers generally consider that sustainability risks to the value of these portfolios will be lower.
Once investments have been made, fund managers will then conduct periodic monitoring of the existing client portfolios, to check that positions remain within sustainability risk limits, and take corrective action if those limits are breached.
ESG and sustainability risk management is further supported by a quarterly review held with each investment team, chaired by JOHCM’s Investment Director. This comprehensive review of performance and risk management includes specific review of each portfolio’s ESG risk profile. The JOHCM Head of Risk is also present to discuss risks and to ensure
their documentation and ongoing monitoring.
Active ownership and stewardship refers to the use of the rights and position gained from securities ownership to influence the activities or behaviour of investee companies or issuers, such as through corporate engagement and proxy voting, or other engagement and advocacy activities undertaken more broadly such as with policy makers.
As an active manager, we believe that such practices are a critical tool to support the investment goals of our clients and to manage sustainability risks. We seek to be an active and responsible steward of the investments we make, where relevant, influencing the companies in which we invest to improve ESG risk management and, where appropriate, improve sustainability practices. We achieve this by, for example, voting at shareholder meetings, meeting with company senior management, or participating in initiatives to improve industry standards.
When engaging directly with investee companies, we focus on meeting with those where we have identified areas of concern or where our shareholding affords us greater influence so we may drive improved practices, including with respect to ESG and sustainability risk management.
Consistent with our multi-boutique structure, we do not subscribe to a ‘house’ approach to investee company engagement. We believe the best framework is for each investment team to develop and undertake its own engagement tailored to its strategy and jurisdiction. However, our teams collaborate internally where there are common shareholdings. Further details can be found in the applicable JOHCM Stewardship Policy.
The policy has been prepared and adopted by the Directors of JOHCM Funds (Ireland) Limited in conjunction with the Directors of JOHCML. This policy will be subject to review on an annual basis, unless there is a material change to the underlying processes and procedures, in which case it will be reviewed at that time.
Both JOHCM Funds (Ireland) Limited and the funds that it manages are domiciled in Ireland and therefore are directly in scope of SFDR. While JOHCML is not itself subject to the SFDR, by virtue of the appointment of JOHCML as investment manager to JOHCM Funds (Ireland) Limited, it has also adopted this policy.
Managing Director – North American Institutional Clients
30 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Jun 2016.
Prior to joining JOHCM, Phil worked at LMCG Investments, LLC as Head of Institutional Relationship Management, working with clients and consultants across pension, mutual fund, and other key institutional segments. He previously worked at Wellington Management Company in a number of senior relationship management positions across institutional markets. Phil holds a BA in Economics from the University of Vermont.
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Managing Director - North American Institutional Clients
23 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Mar 2018.
Greg is responsible for developing business with institutional clients and consultants in North America. Prior to joining JOHCM, he was Head of Business Development and Client Service at LMCG Investments in Boston, where he directed a team responsible for all business development and relationship management activities. Before LMCG, he served as a Vice President, Business Development at State Street Global Advisors in Boston, where he focused on the sub-advisory channel. Greg holds an MBA from Boston College and has a BA in Political Science from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.
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Director - Institutional Business
15 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Aug 2014.
Prior to joining JOHCM, James worked at Martin Currie Investment Management where he was responsible for managing the relationships with global consultants and the UK institutional market. He began his career at Credit Suisse Asset Management working in the UK Institutional Sales team before joining Investec Asset Management’s UK and Ireland Institutional Sales team. James holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from Loughborough University.
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Institutional Client Service Manager
12 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Nov 2011.
Prior to joining JOHCM, Sharmila spent four years at the fixed income boutique Rogge Global Partners Plc as a Client Executive. She previously worked at HSBC Bank in the FX Client Services Team. Sharmila holds a BSc in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London.
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Institutional Relationship Manager - North American Institutional Sales
8 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2010.
Luke Bridges is an Institutional Relationship Manager in North American Institutional Sales. Luke joined JOHCM in 2010 and was most recently a Risk Analyst, contributing to the Investment Risk Oversight of JOHCM’s Investment Teams, implementing the Counterparty Risk Framework as well as assisting in the enhancement of the JOHCM Operational Risk framework. Luke was also a member of the Investment Research Committee and the Best Execution Committee in this role. Prior to this, Luke was a Traders Assistant. Luke holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Brighton, the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Director of Asian Sales
23 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in April 2013.
Prior to joining JOHCM, Andrew worked at Merrill Lynch Bank (Suisse) S.A. in Singapore as the Regional Business Manager with responsibility for the Asia Pacific ex Japan region. He previously worked at SHK Fund Management. His other notable previous employers include Citibank, Coutts Bank, United Overseas Bank and Pioneer Investments. Andrew holds a Bsc (Economics) in Management Studies from the University of London (Singapore Institute of Management).
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Client Service Manager
9 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in May 2011.
Prior to joining JOHCM, Grace spent four years as Operations Manager at Silver Metis Capital Management Pte Ltd. Prior to that she was at KBC Bank Singapore where she worked from 2005 to 2007 as Operations Officer. Grace is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BSc in Statistics from the National University of Singapore.
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Director
Alexandra Altinger has 29 years’ experience in the wealth and asset management industry across Europe, Asia and the US. She previously spent four years as CEO of Sandaire Investment Office, a UK multi-family office, where she led the business integration process after Sandaire acquired Lord North Street Private Office. Prior to Sandaire, Alexandra worked within the executive team of Lansdowne Partners International, helping to lead the firm’s repositioning efforts for its long-only products in global institutional markets. Previously she was at Wellington Management International where she had a number of senior roles. Alexandra has also served as an Equity Research Analyst at John Hancock in Boston and has worked in Japanese equities research sales for Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and London. She started her financial career as a Proprietary Trader with Banque Nationale de Paris (Securities) in Tokyo. Alexandra has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in International Economics from Université de Paris-Dauphine, Paris and is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA UK Advisory Council. She is also a founding member of the Advisory Committee of The Diversity Project, an ambitious initiative to promote diversity in all its forms across the UK asset management sector. Alexandra is the current Chair of the Investment Association’s Business Forum.
Chair
Alexandra Altinger has 29 years’ experience in the wealth and asset management industry across Europe, Asia and the US. She previously spent four years as CEO of Sandaire Investment Office, a UK multi-family office, where she led the business integration process after Sandaire acquired Lord North Street Private Office. Prior to Sandaire, Alexandra worked within the executive team of Lansdowne Partners International, helping to lead the firm’s repositioning efforts for its long-only products in global institutional markets. Previously she was at Wellington Management International where she had a number of senior roles. Alexandra has also served as an Equity Research Analyst at John Hancock in Boston and has worked in Japanese equities research sales for Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and London. She started her financial career as a Proprietary Trader with Banque Nationale de Paris (Securities) in Tokyo. Alexandra has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in International Economics from Université de Paris-Dauphine, Paris and is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA UK Advisory Council. She is also a founding member of the Advisory Committee of The Diversity Project, an ambitious initiative to promote diversity in all its forms across the UK asset management sector. Alexandra is the current Chair of the Investment Association’s Business Forum.
Non-Executive Director
Alexandra Altinger has 29 years’ experience in the wealth and asset management industry across Europe, Asia and the US. She previously spent four years as CEO of Sandaire Investment Office, a UK multi-family office, where she led the business integration process after Sandaire acquired Lord North Street Private Office. Prior to Sandaire, Alexandra worked within the executive team of Lansdowne Partners International, helping to lead the firm’s repositioning efforts for its long-only products in global institutional markets. Previously she was at Wellington Management International where she had a number of senior roles. Alexandra has also served as an Equity Research Analyst at John Hancock in Boston and has worked in Japanese equities research sales for Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and London. She started her financial career as a Proprietary Trader with Banque Nationale de Paris (Securities) in Tokyo. Alexandra has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in International Economics from Université de Paris-Dauphine, Paris and is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA UK Advisory Council. She is also a founding member of the Advisory Committee of The Diversity Project, an ambitious initiative to promote diversity in all its forms across the UK asset management sector. Alexandra is the current Chair of the Investment Association’s Business Forum.
Non-Executive Director
Brian Wright joined Pendal (formerly BTIM) in January 2009. Brian was formerly responsible for M&A and strategy. In February 2013, Brian was seconded to JOHCM serving in the role of Head of Corporate Development for the Group. Prior to joining Pendal, Brian was the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of MMC Contrarian Limited between August 2007 and 2008. He also held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for the hedge fund, Red Centre Capital, from 2004 to 2007. Brian was at Bankers Trust from 1990 to 2003. He held the position of Operations Manager for Equity and Currency Derivatives in the Investment Bank. In 1995, he moved to funds management where he was the Business Manager for Currency & International Bonds. In 1997, he became the Business Manager for the Australian and International Equity business. Brian began his career in the audit department of KPMG where he worked from 1983 to 1990 leaving as an Audit Manager.
Director
Before joining JOHCM, Stephen worked for the Mirvac Group where he was Group Financial Controller. Prior to this he has held a number of senior financial and accounting roles for Babcock & Brown (UK and Australia) and Baker Tilly (Eastern Europe). Stephen holds an MBA in Business Administration and is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, having qualified in 1997, and is a Chartered Manager.
Non-Executive Director
Jane Leach has over 30 years’ experience in UK financial services, and has held senior leadership roles in the industry since 2000, most recently as Group Capital Controller at HSBC, and before that as a partner at KPMG. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and currently serves in a non-executive role as a senior adviser on a part-time basis to The Bank of England, and is Deputy Chair of the trustee board of a UK registered charity working for children’s rights.
Global Head of Business Management and Strategic Delivery
26 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Jan 2023.
Clare Forster has over 25 years’ experience in the asset management industry and joined J O Hambro Capital Management in January 2023. Currently she is Global Head of Business Management and Strategic Delivery and is responsible for coordination, prioritisation and delivery of business activities within Perpetual Asset Management to ensure effective strategic execution. In addition to this, pending regulatory and board approval she will lead the J O Hambro Capital Management executive committee which is the body responsible for running the J O Hambro Capital Management business globally. Prior to joining J O Hambro Capital Management, Clare held senior leadership roles at Jupiter Asset Management, GAM and Janus Henderson.
Chair
Jane Leach has over 30 years’ experience in UK financial services, and has held senior leadership roles in the industry since 2000, most recently as Group Capital Controller at HSBC, and before that as a partner at KPMG. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and currently serves in a non-executive role as a senior adviser on a part-time basis to The Bank of England, and is Deputy Chair of the trustee board of a UK registered charity working for children’s rights.
Chairman and Non-Executive Director
James, both an American and a British citizen, is a member of the Washington State, American and International Bar Associations. He began his career as an employee of Russell Investments from 1988 and worked there until his retirement in June 2014. In that time, James managed various departments within the Adviser’s EMEA team including Legal, Compliance, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Product Development and Marketing. He also acted as principal liaison with government, regulatory and industry groups in EMEA and advised members of senior management in other regions in which the Russell Group operates on business, product and legal matters. He was also associate attorney of a US law firm. Currently, James is an independent non-executive director of a number of fund management, administration and distribution companies, and of collective investment schemes authorised by the Central Bank and in the Cayman Islands.
Non-Executive Director
Markus initially joined JOHCM as an external consultant. He was later appointed as JOHCM’s Head of Change Management in April 2018 and subsequently appointed as Chief Operating Officer in March 2019. Before joining JOHCM, Markus spent four years working as an independent consultant specialising in the delivery of operations-related change programmes for companies located in the United Kingdom and Europe. Prior to this, he worked for Marathon Asset Management for over 12 years. As Head of Information Technology, Markus was responsible for the maintenance, management and development of the organisation’s network and application architecture. While in Australia, he worked as a Fund Accounting Manager for Colonial First State. Markus holds a Bachelor of Commerce – Accounting from the University of Western Sydney.
Country Head & Managing Director (European Development)
Amy Johnson has been appointed as the JOHCMI Country Head and Managing Director of European Development. Amy has been part of the Pendal Group since 2014 and was initially engaged to embed a true risk culture into the business. Amy was promoted to the Head of Risk & Compliance, Pendal Australia in 2017 and facilitated in transforming the Risk & Compliance team into a business partner and globalised the Risk & Compliance function.
Previous to her time with Pendal Group, Amy was part of PwC’s graduate programme and later approached to join PwC’s risk consulting team from audit, she was appointed to engagements to establish foreign banks in Australia, progressing to managing a breadth of risk framework compliance and governance reviews for clients, primarily in financial services. Amy advised clients on strategy, governance processes, risk appetite, profiling and change matters.
Amy is also an executive director for the Company, reporting directly to the JOHCM CEO for UK, Europe and Asia, Amy’s principal functions include building out the Irish operations and the ongoing management and conduct of the Irish business. In addition, Amy is to oversee the expansion of the JOHCM Group’s distribution activities into the EU27. Amy works in close consultative fashion with JOHCM Group functional heads including sales, fund managers, performance measurement, compliance, risk, finance, human resources, information technology, client service, marketing and operations. Amy is responsible for developing a supervision framework in respect of the MiFID Services which are delegated to other JOHCM Group companies.
Amy is appointed as PCF-1 Executive Director, PCF-8 the office of Chief Executive and PCF-39A Designated Person with responsibility for Capital and Financial Management.
Head of Legal and Compliance
Christina is a qualified English Solicitor who has been practicing for over twenty years, entirely in Financial Services. She trained and qualified at Clifford Chance, where she advised a wide range of international clients in the Investment Management, Global Custody, Banking and Fund Sponsor sectors. Post-qualification, Christina moved out of private practice to pursue an in-house career in the investment management field, working first for Credit Suisse Asset Management followed by Citigroup Asset Management and Legg Mason. Prior to joining JOHCM, Christina led the London Legal team at Wellington Management, a role she held for seven years. Throughout her career as Legal Counsel within these global organisations, she has provided service and advice across a broad spectrum of legal, regulatory, contractual, litigious and governance matters. Christina holds a BA (Joint Hons) in Modern Languages from Oxford University and completed her legal studies at the College of Law in London.
Chief Financial Officer - JOHCM
Before joining JOHCM, Stephen worked for the Mirvac Group where he was Group Financial Controller. Prior to this he has held a number of senior financial and accounting roles for Babcock & Brown (UK and Australia) and Baker Tilly (Eastern Europe). Stephen holds an MBA in Business Administration and is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, having qualified in 1997, and is a Chartered Manager.
Head of Human Resources
Prior to joining JOHCM, Dee worked for Chubb Insurance in the role of Human Resources Consultant. Having joined JOHCM in 2016 and being appointed to the role of Head of Human Resources in 2020, Dee has responsibility for all employment related matters and Human Resources policies and practices. Dee holds a BA in History and a PGDip in Business Studies from University College Dublin, a PGDip in Human Resources Management from the London Metropolitan University and is chartered MCIPD.
Head of Risk
Steve is responsible for the coordination of risk management activities at JOHCM. He has held this role since September 2013 when the firm established a functionally independent risk management function. He has more than 20 years of asset management experience accumulated in a diverse range of roles at JOHCM since joining in 1997. Prior to his current role Steve was responsible for investment risk analytics. He has previously managed the firm’s hedge fund operations and established the firm’s Performance Analytics function.
Head of EUKA Sales and Distribution
TJ is head of EUKA Sales and Distribution and oversees the Sales, Marketing and Client Services teams for those regions. He joined JOHCM from Aviva Investors where he has held various roles, most recently Head of Client Solutions and Global Head of Wholesale Distribution. In this role, TJ was responsible for setting commercial strategy for the UK, Europe, LATAM and Australia across five global client channels (consultants, insurance, global financials, liquidity and official institutions). Prior to Aviva, he spent six years with Schroders as Head of Global Financial Intermediaries (2010-2016) and has held senior sales roles with Columbia Threadneedle (2000-2010). TJ grew up on the Continent but has lived in the UK for the past 20 years and is fluent in English, Dutch and German.
Director
Jonathan is responsible for the governance, administrative, operational and investment risk oversight of JOHCM (USA) Inc. activities and he works closely with the Group function heads to ensure local policies and procedures are implemented in line with corporate standards. Jonathan joined JOHCM from Century Capital Management LLC where he was Co-Director of Operations, Partner and Management Committee Member. He was also Head Trader and Equity Analyst at the same firm. Prior to this he worked at HLM Management Company and Scudder-Kemper Investments. Jonathan holds a BA in Economics from Rollins College and an MBA from Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business.
Non-Executive Director
As the former Chief Operating Officer for the JOHCM Group, Helen's responsibilities comprised of Middle Office Operations, Client Take-on and Servicing, Oversight of third party administrator relationships, Product Development, Marketing and IT. During her time with the JOHCM Group, Helen oversaw the transformation of its operating model to one which has both supported rapid growth whilst significantly reducing operational risk to the business. She set up numerous new funds and developed the client servicing framework. Helen retired from JOHCML on 30 September 2019. Helen joined the JOHCM Group in 2004 from Credit Suisse Asset Management, where she was Director of Business Development. Before joining Credit Suisse, she was Head of Investment Operations at SLC Asset Management and Head of Client Accounting at Framlington. Helen is a Chartered Accountant and has a BA (Hons) in Combined Arts from the University of Leicester. She also sits on the board of the JOHCM Group's Irish funds and JOHCM Funds Ireland. Helen is a Certified Independent Fund Director.
Director
Cho-Yu is Senior Fund Manager of the JOHCM Asia ex Japan Small and Mid Cap Strategy. Prior to joining JOHCM, Cho-Yu was a Portfolio Manager at Silver Metis Capital Management Pte Ltd. She previously worked at Lloyd George Management from 2001 to 2008 as a Portfolio Manager, where she managed the Lloyd George Asian Smaller Companies Fund, the Siam Recovery Fund and several institutional accounts valued at over US$1bn at the peak. She also worked at UBS and DBS Asset Management for approximately eight years. Cho-Yu is a CFA Charterholder and graduated from the London School of Economics with first class BSc (Hons) in Economics.
Director
Prior to joining JOHCM, he was a Partner and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at a firm specialising in Asian equities – Silver Metis Capital Management Pte Ltd. Samir was previously at Lloyd George Management where he worked as CIO. Prior to joining LGM, he worked at Peregrine Securities and ANZ Grindlays Bank for close to eight years as an Analyst specialising in India. Samir is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BCom from Bombay University.
Director
Mickey was appointed as the new Head of Distribution, Americas in July 2023. With a career in distribution spanning more than 20 years, Mickey has spent the last 12 years at abrdn in various roles, most recently leading both institutional and intermediary sales channels. Throughout his career, he has worked with a wide range of strategies across traditional equities, fixed income, multi-asset, liquid, and private alternatives, making him a seasoned distribution leader, well versed in the North American market.
Director
Allan has over 20 years’ experience in providing risk, assurance and advisory services to multinationals in the financial services sector across the funds management, banking, insurance, trustee and advice sectors, working within the Big 4 environment and with large international and ASX-listed organisations.
Allan joined Perpetual Limited’s Internal Audit function in February 2010 and was appointed Head of Internal Audit in May 2016. Allan held this role until being appointed Head of Risk in October 2019 and General Manager Risk and Business Partnering in July 2021. Since then, Allan has been seconded as General Manager of the Trillium AM Americas Growth Program and subsequently transitioned to the broader role of Head of Business management and Strategy, Americas.
Prior to his roles at Perpetual, Allan worked for ING and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Internal and External Audit.
Chair
Robert Burke who is a solicitor, is a consultant to McCann FitzGerald, having been a partner in the firm up to April 2005. He is experienced in most areas of company and commercial law and in corporate taxation. From 1970 to 1978 he was employed by Price Waterhouse (its then title) London and Dublin and passed the final examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1973, later practicing as a tax specialist in Price Waterhouse prior to joining McCann FitzGerald in 1978. Mr Burke holds office as a director of several companies including a licensed bank and a number of funds. He is a law graduate of University College, Dublin and a member of the Institute of Taxation in Ireland.
Dave has spent over 30 years working in the life insurance, pension and investment industry. He spent the early part of his career working for Irish Life, Ireland’s largest insurance company in a variety of accounting, financial management and marketing management roles in both Ireland and the UK. In 1998 Dave was appointed as Chief Executive of Irish Life International, a cross border life insurance and investment business within the Irish Life Group. In 2007 he joined Legal & General as Chief Executive of Legal & General International with a brief to establish and grow this business on behalf of the Legal & General Group. During part of this time Dave also held responsibility for Suffolk Life, a self-invested pension business within the Group. From 2013 until 2016 he served as Managing Director – Retail Savings Distribution for the Legal & General Group. Within this role he was responsible for some of the largest independent and tied distribution relationships across the UK market and it also included board membership of Cofunds, the largest investment platform in the UK. Since 2017 Dave has combined his INED roles with acting as a part time COO for Ireland’s largest retail investment platform (until 2021) and on a number of consulting projects in financial services. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA) and has served on a number of prominent Industry and Government Advisory Groups over the years.
Non-Executive Director
Máire O’Connor is a solicitor and was previously a partner at McCann FitzGerald and head of the firm's Investment Management Group. Prior to joining McCann FitzGerald, in 2004, Máire was a partner at Ernst & Young where she headed up the Investment Funds Regulatory and Stock Exchange Listing practice, a practice which she established at the start of 2000. Since moving to the private sector from the Civil Service (in 1989), Máire has been a key figure in the development of Ireland's International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), and the international investment funds industry in Ireland, in particular. She chaired the Taoiseach's IFSC Investment Funds Group for seven years and was a member of the Company Law Review Group for eight years. She is currently a non-executive director of the Irish Stock Exchange and chairs the Exchange’s Audit Committee and Employee Pensions Trustees.
Chairman
James Evans, who is based in Australia, brings to the Board over 40 years of corporate leadership experience in finance, risk management and business development and operations. James’ corporate experience spans accounting, capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, insurance, joint venture arrangements, strategy and technology for companies including the Commonwealth Bank, Lendlease Group, GEC Australia and Grace Bros.
James has significant experience as a company director across ASX listed, private and regulated entities and accordingly, brings to the Board both executive and company director skills in financial and risk management, strategy and corporate governance and compliance. Specifically, he has sector experience and expertise in banking and financial services, including funds management, superannuation and financial services technology, property investment, lease financing and life and general insurance.
James is currently Chairman of J O Hambro Capital Management Holdings Limited and a Non-executive Director of Investa Wholesale Funds Management Limited and ICPF Holdings Limited.
Director
Kathryn Matthews, who is based in the United Kingdom, brings to the Board nearly 40 years' experience in funds and investment management. She has extensive experience in global investment management businesses in the UK and Hong Kong, including as Chief Investment Officer, Asia Pacific ex Japan at Fidelity International based in Hong Kong. She commenced her career at Baring Asset Management, holding a broad range of roles over sixteen years as a global equity portfolio manager and latterly as the Head of Institutional Business, Europe and UK.
Kathryn has experience as a company director across listed, private and regulated entities and accordingly brings to the Board skills in financial and risk management, strategy, marketing and distribution, investment and corporate governance. Specifically, she has sector experience and expertise in financial services, including banking, funds and investment management.
Kathryn is currently Chair of Barclays Investment Solutions Limited, a Non-executive Director of J O Hambro Capital Management Holdings Limited as well as the following UK based companies: Barclays Bank UK Plc, CDC Group Plc and VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited.
Kathryn is also a member of the Council and Chairman of Pension Trustees for the Duchy of Lancaster, the private estate of the British sovereign.
Director
Deborah Page, who is based in Australia, brings to the Board extensive financial expertise from her time at Touche Ross/KPMG including as a Partner, and subsequently from senior finance and operating executive roles with the Lend Lease Group, Allen, Allen & Hemsley and the Commonwealth Bank. She has specific experience in corporate finance, accounting, audit, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, insurance and joint venture arrangements.
Deborah is a member of Chief Executive Women and has extensive experience as a company director gained across ASX listed, private, public sector and regulated entities since 2001. Her relevant sector experience includes funds management, life and general insurance, superannuation and financial services technology. Deborah’s experience includes Board leadership, governance and compliance, risk management, remuneration practices, technology, investor relations and health, safety and environment.
Deborah is currently a Non-executive Director of Brickworks Limited, Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited, J O Hambro Capital Management Holdings Limited and Service Stream Limited.
Non-Executive Director
Sally Collier, brings to the Board 20 years of investment banking experience and 10 years asset management executive experience. Most of Sally’s executive career was spent in the USA (two years), London (23 years) and Hong Kong (four years). Prior to returning to Australia, Sally was a partner at the international private equity and infrastructure investment firm, Pantheon, where she held leadership roles in business and product development, investor relations, and marketing and communications. This followed nearly 20 years in investment banking, mostly at HSBC Investment Bank in the UK, where she was engaged in a broad range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets (both debt and equity) and initial public offerings, before joining the Management Committee as an Executive Director.
Since returning to Australia in 2013, Sally has held non-executive positions in the financial services sector covering funds management and financial services technology, across ASX listed, private and regulated entities. Sally brings to the Board, through her executive and non-executive experience, skills in merger and acquisitions, strategic development, international markets, stakeholder engagement, and capital markets.
Sally is currently a Non-executive Director of Pendal Group Limited, Utilities Trust of Australia and the Clayton Utz Foundation.
Non-Executive Director
Most recently, Christopher was Principal of CMVJ Capital LLC, a private investor and adviser in the financial services, asset management and technology industries. In the two years prior to 2016, Christopher was Head of Blackrock’s US Global Fundamental Equity and Co-head of Global Active Equity. Previously, he spent 32 years in a range of roles at Robert Fleming and Co and JP Morgan Asset Management, including being Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Growth and Small Cap Equities for a period of 10 years.
Christopher brings to the Board skills in financial and risk management, financial services technology, strategy and investment governance. Specifically, he has sector experience and expertise in international financial services, including investment and funds management.
Christopher is currently a Non-executive Director of J O Hambro Capital Management Holdings Limited.
Director
Nick Good was most recently Executive Vice President, Chief Growth and Strategy Officer at State Street Corporation, based in Boston. In this role, he was responsible for setting overall business strategy and leading corporate development. Previously, he was co-head of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) Global ETF business, with primary responsibility for North America and Latin America. Prior to joining State Street, Nick worked at BlackRock (initially Barclays Global Investors), including five years as head of its iShares ETF business in Asia-Pacific, which enjoyed rapid growth under his leadership.
Chair
Cameron Williamson joined the business in January 2008 as the company’s Financial Controller. He acted as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer for 12 months before his permanent appointment to the role in February 2010. In 2016 he was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer, and a member of the Global Executive Committee. As Group Chief Financial Officer, Cameron is responsible for the group’s overall financial operations and reporting, business planning and investor relations.
Prior to joining the company, Cameron held Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary responsibilities at Clairvest Group, a mid-market private equity group in Toronto, as well as finance roles with Franklin Templeton and CIBC World Markets in Toronto, UBS in the UK and KPMG in Adelaide.
Director and President of JOHCM (USA) Inc and Pendal USA
David was appointed Chief Executive (Americas) in January 2023 following the acquisition of Pendal Group. Prior to this he was Group Executive of Perpetual Asset Management International from November 2020.
David has more than 30 years’ experience in asset management, wealth management and investment banking. Before Perpetual, David was CEO of Count Financial and held COO positions at both Neuberger Berman and Liberty View Capital. He has also held roles at Aetos Capital, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Jones previously occupied the position of Chief Administrative Officer & Executive VP at Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Treasurer, Chief Financial & Operating Officer at Aurora Investment Management LLC and Managing Director at Northern Trust Global Investments. He received an undergraduate degree from Trinity College (Connecticut) and a graduate degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He is a Member of the CFA Society of Chicago and a Member of the CFA Institute.
Chair
Christopher Jones, who is based in New York City, has over 35 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He has significant experience in investment management as both a Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager in the US.
Most recently, Christopher was Principal of CMVJ Capital LLC, a private investor and adviser in the financial services, asset management and technology industries. In the two years prior to 2016, Christopher was Head of Blackrock’s US Global Fundamental Equity and Co-head of Global Active Equity. Previously, he spent 32 years in a range of roles at Robert Fleming and Co and JP Morgan Asset Management, including being Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Growth and Small Cap Equities for a period of 10 years.
Christopher brings to the Board skills in financial and risk management, financial services technology, strategy and investment governance. Specifically, he has sector experience and expertise in international financial services, including investment and funds management.
Christopher is currently a Non-executive Director of Pendal Group Limited and Pendal USA Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
John Reifsnider joined Pendal Group as Chief Executive Officer of Pendal USA in July 2021. John has over 30 years’ experience in investment management, specifically in business development, strategy, and leadership.
John has been with Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (TSW) in Richmond, Virginia for over 16 years. He was appointed Co-President of TSW in September 2018 and Chief Executive Officer in 2020. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of Pendal USA.
Before joining TSW in 2005, he was a Founding Member of Atlantic Capital Management, LLC, responsible for business development and client service. John started his career in the investment industry in 1990.
John earned his BBA from the University of Toledo and is registered as an Investment Adviser Representative.
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Head of Equity Impact Solutions
14 years' industry experience, joined Regnan in June 2020.
Tim Crockford leads the Regnan Equity Impact Solutions team. He previously managed the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund from its launch in December 2017, having co-founded the Hermes Impact team in 2016. Tim joined Hermes Investment Management in 2009 as a research analyst for the European Equities team and became lead portfolio manager of the ESG-integrated Hermes Europe ex-UK Equity Fund in 2015, which he also managed until he left Hermes.
CFA, Fund Manager
13 years’ industry experience, joined Regnan in May 2020.
Mohsin is a fund manager dedicated to the strategy. He was previously a senior analyst on the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund, having joined Hermes in 2017. Prior to Hermes, Mohsin was an investment manager in Global Equities at Pictet Asset Management. At Pictet his experience included working on thematic equity funds including Water, Clean Energy and Agriculture.
CFA, Analyst
10 years’ industry experience, joined Regnan in May 2020.
Maxime is an investment analyst dedicated to the strategy. He has a decade of experience in sustainable investment. Previously, as an investment analyst at Hermes from 2016, he participated in the design, launch and management of the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund. Prior to this he led the integration of ESG and stewardship across investment strategies.
CFA, Analyst
6 years’ industry experience, joined Regnan in April 2020.
Maxine is an investment analyst dedicated to the strategy. She was previously an analyst on the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund. Maxime transferred to the Hermes Impact team in 2016, having initially joined the Hermes EOS team in 2014. She headed up the chemicals sector team, while also focusing on the financial services, industrials and technology sectors.
