Meet our Group Management Committee (GMC)

Meagen joined Schroders in January 2023 as the Deputy Group Chief Operating Officer and became Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) in August 2023, responsible for groupwide operations, technology, workplace solutions and change delivery. Prior to Schroders, Meagen spent 11 years within M&G plc (previously Prudential plc), initially as the COO of the South African Investment business and most recently in the UK as the COO of global Asset Management. Meagen is a qualified Chartered Accountant and previously held various operational, audit, risk and IT control roles within JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and KPMG.

Katherine was appointed in June 2023 as Global Head of Long-Term Asset Owners. She is responsible for the company’s strategy and management of our Official Institution, Endowment, Foundation & Charity and Family Office clients around the world. Katherine joined Schroders on the graduate scheme in 2001 and has led a number of our teams across different client segments in the UK and Singapore. Earlier in her career she also spent four years as an Equity Investment Director in our New York office and a year in the Investment Unit of the Private Bank.

Mary-Anne joined Cazenove Capital as CEO in 2001. Previously, she was Head of Private Client Service and Head of the Paris office for Baring Asset Management. She spent seven years in corporate finance at Baring Brothers, having started her career at Chase Manhattan Bank. Mary-Anne graduated from University College, London University, with a degree in Economics. She is a native French and Italian speaker.

Nigel joined Schroders in 2015, and is the Chief Risk Officer, responsible for the groupwide Risk Management and Compliance functions.  Prior to Schroders, Nigel spent 15 years at ABN AMRO Bank then Royal Bank of Scotland, working in various roles including; CRO of Wealth Management Division, CRO of Coutts & Co, Group Head of Operational Risk at RBS and the Head of Credit Risk Reporting and Control at ABN AMRO. Previously, he worked for JP Morgan in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo in investment banking risk management roles.

Louise joined Schroders in 2008 and was appointed Chief of Staff in 2016. Prior to joining Schroders, she formed the Scott King Partnership, an independent business consultancy. She has over 35 years’ experience in management, consulting and coaching. She is responsible for supporting the Group Chief Executive and management team in growing the business in the context of culture and strategy.

Andy joined Schroders in 2016, becoming the Global Head of Sustainable Investment in 2020. Andy has spent most of his career working in sustainable finance, including six years at Goldman Sachs where he was a Managing Director and Head of the GS SUSTAIN research team in London. Andy has driven our sustainability research and been the inventor, as well as inspiration behind proprietary tools such as SustainEx.

Johanna Kyrklund is Co-Head of Investment & Group Chief Investment Officer at Schroders, she oversees investment performance, philosophy and process for all asset classes (excluding private assets).  Johanna is responsible for investments on behalf of Multi-Asset clients globally. She joined Schroders in 2007 and is based in London.

Johanna was Fund Manager at Insight Investment from 2005 to 2007, which involved managing an unconstrained global macro absolute return fund.

She was Head of Asset Allocation at Deutsche Asset Management from 1997 to 2005, which involved managing asset allocation in the UK and fund manager of the Deutsche tactical asset allocation fund.

Johanna is a member of the Schroders Group Management Committee which oversees the development and delivery of Schroders’ overall business strategy.  Johanna chairs the Global Asset Allocation Committee and is a member of the Christ Church Investment Committee and Railpen Investment Board.

Qualifications: CFA Charterholder; BA in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from Oxford University.

Phil joined Schroders in 1992, and during his 30 year tenure at the firm has had roles including; Head of Asset Manager Sales, UK Intermediary Business Development, European Marketing Director, Head of Business Development for closed-end funds, Global Financial Institutional Team and Head of UK Intermediary business and CEO of Schroder Unit Trusts. Phil moved from London to New York in March 2020, where he took on the role of Head of Institutional Distribution, North America overseeing direct sales, relationship management and consultant relations, and Canada. He became CEO of North America in January 2022 and was subsequently appointed in June 2023 as Head of Americas Client Group.

Lesley-Ann joined Schroders in 2011 and fulfilled the roles of Head of Global Strategic Solutions and Global Head of DC and Retirement in Distribution (now named Client Group) and then Head of Multi-Asset Strategy in the Investment Division. Prior to joining Schroders, she was a partner and senior investment consultant at Towers Watson (now Willis Towers Watson) for 18 years. Lesley-Ann was appointed in June 2023 as Global Head of Pensions and Retirement. She is responsible for the company’s strategy and management of our pension clients globally.

Jamie joined Schroders in December 2019 as Global Head of Enterprise Technology, Digital and Innovation. He was announced as the Chief Technology Officer in December 2020. Prior to joining Schroders, Jamie held senior technology leadership positions in the retail sector including Digital and Retail Technology Director at The Arcadia Group, where he led and delivered numerous technology and digital transformation initiatives, and Group IT Director at Dune London. Jamie is also a Non-Executive Director of the software as a service ticketing company Spektrix.

Charles joined Schroders in 2017, and led the Product and Solutions division. He become Global Head of Investment in 2019, where he was responsible for the management and oversight of the public market investment platform. He recently became Group Head of Strategy and Solutions, and is responsible for our Global Solutions business, corporate development and relationships with key partners. He is also Chief Executive of Schroder Investment Management Ltd. Prior to joining Schroders, he held senior roles at BlackRock and its antecedent companies from 1988 to 2017, including Global COO for Fundamental Equities, Head of the EMEA Institutional Client Business and lastly as Head of the European Active investment platform.

In early 2019, James was acting Chief Executive of the new Wealth Joint Venture between Lloyds and Schroders, Schroders Personal Wealth. He returned to Schroders in October 2019 following his promotion. Prior to this, James was Co-Head of UK Intermediary Business at Schroders, Chief Executive of Schroder Unit Trusts and a non-executive Director of Benchmark Capital. James was appointed Head of UK in June 2023.

Beth joined Schroders in 2008 and worked in a variety of client channel media relations roles before becoming Head of Communications in 2014. She is now Global Head of Marketing and Communications, which involves articulating and delivering strategic vision for Marketing and Communications for the Group globally and working closely with the teams who are responsible for product development, strategy and investment capabilities, to provide insights which help the Group understand and anticipate client demand patterns and needs. Prior to Schroders, Beth held communications roles at Aviva Investors before moving to the UK in 2004. She spent her early career in corporate communications roles in Australia.

Karine was appointed co-Head of Client Group in June 2023, based in Paris. Prior to this Karine was Global Head of Product and Marketing and Head of Europe.

She joined Schroders in 2014 as Country Head of France, and was responsible for the management and strategy of the firm in France. She is currently a member of the Group Management Committee, Director of Schroder Real Estate (France), a member of the Supervisory Board of Schroder Aida (infrastructure finance) and a board member of the APECI (Professional Association of Investment Advisory Firms, France). She is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Schroder Investment Management (Switzerland) AG. Prior to joining Schroders, Karine was with JP Morgan AM for 14 years, nine of which were as Head of France.

Neil joined Schroders in 2011 and worked in a variety of roles across the Legal and Compliance functions before becoming Group General Counsel in May 2023. He is responsible for managing legal risk and providing legal support across Schroders’ businesses globally working closely with the business leads and teams who are responsible for product and investment capabilities. Neil is also responsible for the Group’s Governance function. Prior to joining Schroders, Neil was senior counsel at a London-based hedge fund firm, and prior to that worked in private practice advising clients on a wide range of financial services laws and regulations.

David re-joined Schroders in February 2020 to lead the Benchmark Capital business and was appointed to the newly created role of Global Head of Insurance in June 2023 to focus on the strategy for insurance clients around the world. Prior to joining Schroders, he worked for Zurich Insurance, overseeing their UK Life, Savings and General Insurance Retail businesses. David has more than 25 years’ Financial Services experience across insurance, investments, wealth, financial advice and digital.

Georg joined Schroders in May 2019 assuming the newly-created role of Global Head of Private Assets.  He is responsible for developing the firm’s private assets expertise on a global scale, drawing on over 20 years of experience.  Prior to joining Schroders, he was Chief Executive Officer of HQ Capital.