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, a member of the Advisory Board of Antler Global and a Member of the London Stock Exchange’s UK Capital Markets Industry Taskforce.

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 Chair in April 2022
Experience: She first joined the Board as a non-executive Director in September 2021. She has over 45 years’ experience including as CEO of Allianz Global Investors and a non-executive Director of Morgan Stanley Inc. and Pearson plc.
External Appointments: Non-executive director of BAE Systems plc, Chair of the Impact Investing Institute and a Trustee of the British Museum.
Committee Membership: Chair of the Nominations Committee.

Appointed Senior Independent Director in April 2018 having been a non-executive Director since January 2017.
Experience: He was 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.
External appointments: Chair of the National Theatre, and Chair of Royal Anniversary Trust UK, Deputy Chair of the BBC Board and Chair of the BBC Commercial Board.
Committee membership: Member of Nominations and Remuneration Committees. 

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.
External appointments: None.
Committee membership: Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and Member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Appointed in July 2022.
Experience: He is currently Chief Financial Officer of Flutter Entertainment plc, prior to which he was Chief Financial Officer and Group Head of Strategy of InterContinental Hotels Group plc. He has previously held roles at HSBC and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme.
External appointments: Chief Financial Officer for Flutter Entertainment plc.
Committee membership: Member of the Audit and Risk and Nominations 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 and Trustee of the Schroder Charity Trust and a Trustee of a number of charitable foundations.
Committee membership: Member of the Nominations Committee.

Appointed in January 2017. 
Experience: She is an experienced executive in digital retailing, having spent 12 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, Rightmove plc (until 5 May 2023), Trainline plc and Nisbets plc (unlisted).
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: Director and Trustee of the 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: CEO of ViiV Healthcare and a member of the GSK Corporate Executive Team.
Committee membership: Member of the Nominations, Remuneration 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 and became a partner in 2002. During his tenure he led substantial businesses within the Investment Banking Division. He left Goldman Sachs in 2016 to become Co-Head of Global Banking at HSBC.
External appointments:  Director of MW&L Capital Partners, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and Trustee of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation.
Committee membership: Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the Nominations and Audit and Risk Committees