The Board

Appointed Group Chief Executive in April 2016. He was an executive Director and Head of Investment from May 2014.
Experience: He began his career at Schroders and subsequently held roles at Newton Investment Management, J.P. 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 March 2013.
External appointments: Member of the Investment Association Advisory Council and the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative Leadership Council. He is a Director of FCLT Global and a member of the Advisory Board of Antler Global.

Appointed a Director and Chief Financial Officer in May 2013.
Experience: He is a chartered accountant and was a senior audit partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) until May 2013. He became a partner of PwC in 1997 and has 25 years’ experience in the audits of global financial services groups. His experience includes time spent in PwC’s New York, Sydney, Edinburgh and London offices.
External appointments: None.

Appointed Chairman in April 2016, having been Chief Executive since November 2001. He first joined the Board as a non-executive Director in April 2001.
Experience: Prior to joining Schroders he was Chief Executive of Morgan Grenfell Group and a member of the Board of Managing Directors of Deutsche Bank AG.
External appointments: Member of the President’s Committee of the Confederation of British Industry, Advisor to G3 Group.
Committee membership: Chairman of the Nominations Committee.

Appointed Senior Independent Director in April 2018 having been a non-executive Director since January 2017.
Experience: He was the Chief Executive of BAE Systems plc from 2008 to 2017 having been originally appointed to the BAE board as Chief Operating Officer, UK and Rest of the World. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive of Alenia Marconi Systems. He also served as a non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Rotork plc until June 2014.
External appointments: Senior Adviser to the Board of Gleacher Shacklock LLP, Chairman of Senior plc, Director of High Speed Two (HS2) Limited and lead non-executive Director for the Department of Transport.
Committee membership: Member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Appointed in February 2018.
Experience: He has over 25 years’ experience in private equity, joining Schroder Ventures in 1988. He was Managing Partner of Permira from 1997 to 2007 before becoming Chairman. He retired in 2015 and remains a Senior Adviser.
External appointments: Chair of the National Theatre and Chair of Royal Anniversary Trust UK.
Committee membership: Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.

Appointed in July 2015.
Experience: She is a chartered accountant and was a partner at Electra Partners, an independent private equity fund manager, until June 2015, and then a Senior Adviser until March 2017. She previously worked in PwC’s audit and insolvency practice before joining Electra in 1992.
Committee membership: Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee. Member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Appointed in April 2020.
Experience: She began her career at Kleinwort Benson, where she worked from 1982 to 1987. She subsequently joined Gauntlet Insurance Services, an insurance broking company specialising in high net worth clients, where she had an executive role until 1996 and was a non-executive director between 2004 and 2019. She is a descendant of John Henry Schroder, co-founder of the Schroders business in 1804.
External appointments: Non-executive director of Caledonia Investments PLC, Director of Schroder Charity Trust and a trustee of a number of charitable foundations and trusts.
Committee membership: Member of the Nominations Committee.

Appointed in January 2017. 
Experience: She is an experienced executive in digital retailing, having spent 11 years at Amazon. Prior to joining Amazon, she held roles at TomTom and in management consultancy in the US.
External appointments: Non-executive Director of Kingfisher plc and Rightmove plc.
Committee membership: Member of the Nominations and Audit and Risk Committees.

Appointed in March 2019.
Experience: She has held a number of roles in the charity sector and is currently a director of the Schroder Charity Trust and a number of private limited companies. She is a descendant of John Henry Schroder, co-founder of the Schroders business in 1804.
External appointments: Schroder Charity Trust and a number of private limited companies.
Committee membership: Member of the Nominations Committee.

Appointed in March 2019. 
Experience: She has been the CEO of ViiV Healthcare, a major international business, since 2017. ViiV Healthcare is a leading global company, majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and focused on advancing science into HIV treatment, prevention and care. She is a member of the GSK Corporate Executive Team.
External appointments: Private limited companies relating to ViiV Healthcare.
Committee membership: Member of the Nominations and Audit and Risk Committees.

Appointed in March 2020.
Experience: He started his career in 1986 at Credit Suisse First Boston. He subsequently worked at Rothschild & Co where he became Managing Director and Joint Chief Executive of ABN AMRO Rothschild. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 where he was a Partner for 14 years. Between 2016 and 2017 he was Co-Head of Global Banking at HSBC.
External appointments:  MW&L Capital Partners, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, a Foundation Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and Trustee of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation.
Committee membership:  Member of the Nominations, Audit and Risk, and Remuneration Committees.