Judiyah Amirthanathar - Barclays Private Bank & Wealth Management
Judiyah is a Market Strategist in Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management. She has 15 years of industry experience and joined the firm in 2025. Previously, she worked as an Investment Strategist within the Global Investment Committee at Citi Private Bank. Her role involved researching, analysing, and implementing trade ideas, as well as actively participating in client events and meetings. Prior to Citi, Judiyah was a Senior Analyst in Global Multi-Asset at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. In her early years, she was a portfolio analyst at Legal & General Investment Management, covering equities and fixed income.
Guy Anderson - Mercantile Investment Trust
Guy Anderson, managing director, is a portfolio manager within the J.P. Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group, based in London. He is the lead of the UK Mid and Small Cap investment team and has additional responsibilities for UK growth mandates. An employee since 2012, Guy was previously an investment analyst at Breeden European Capital and at Pendragon Capital. He obtained an M.Eng (Hons) in Engineering from the University of Oxford and is a CFA charterholder.
Matthew Brett - Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
Matthew is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is joint manager of the Japan All Cap Strategy, the Japan Growth Strategy and the Japanese Core Growth Strategy and manager of the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2003 and became a partner of the firm in 2018.
Bradley Biggins - Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust
Bradley is Fund Manager of Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited and has 17 years of experience across investment, M&A and finance. Previously, he sourced and executed a number of acquisitions, disposals and strategic projects on behalf of Schroders including the acquisitions of Greencoat Capital, Adveq and C. Hoare & Co. wealth management. He joined Schroders in 2014 having previously been at Barclays. Bradley holds a BSc (Hons) Mathematics from the University of Bath, is a CFA Charterholder, a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Michael Carey - Living REIT
Michael joined Atrato Group in 2022 and is a Managing Director, leading the company’s living strategy. Michael has 17 years’ of real estate experience and is responsible for strategy, investment and growth of the living platform. He is also responsible for managing Living REIT plc and has overseen the turnaround of the company since Atrato took over as investment manager in January 2025. This has included a re-brand of the company, revised investment policy and the recent acquisition of a substantial senior living portfolio.
Gary Channon - Aurora UK Alpha
Gary co-founded Phoenix in 1998 and has been the Chief Investment Officer since inception.Using the same strategy applied to the Phoenix UK Fund, Gary also manages Aurora UK Alpha and segregated accounts for institutional clients. Gary brings over 38 years of business and financial services experience. His career began in Fixed Income Trading at Nikko Securities Europe in 1987. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1989, working in Global Equity Derivative Products Trading. In 1992, Gary joined Nomura International PLC as Head of Equity Derivative Trading.
Steve Cook - Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income
Steve is a Founding Partner and Head of Portfolio Management at SIMCo. He has more than 25 years of experience in infrastructure debt, spanning the origination, structuring and execution of transactions across private credit and the capital markets. His experience encompasses a broad range of types of infrastructure, multiple jurisdictions, investment grade and sub-investment grade ratings, and work-out and restructurings. Before co-founding SIMCo, Steve held senior positions at UBS and Morgan Stanley, where he led infrastructure and securitisation teams.
Job Curtis - City of London Investment Trust
Job Curtis has managed The City of London Investment Trust since 1991, making him one of the UK's longest-serving investment trust managers. With more than 40 years of investment experience, Job is well known for his focus on high-quality UK companies with the potential to deliver sustainable dividend growth over time. Supported by David Smith and Janus Henderson's Global Equity Income Team, he has overseen the trust through a wide range of market conditions while maintaining a strong focus on long-term shareholder returns.
Rhys Davies – Invesco Fixed Income
Rhys is a fund manager for Invesco Fixed Income Europe. He began his investment career with Invesco in 2002, moving to the fixed income team in 2003. He became a fund manager in 2014, and is lead fund manager for the investment trust Invesco Bond Income Plus Limited.
Rhys holds a BSc (Honours) in Management Science from the University of Manchester Management School. He is a CFA Charterholder.
Adnan El-Araby – Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities
Adnan El-Araby is Co-Portfolio Manager of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC, a company whose investment objective is to deliver long-term capital growth, principally through investment in the listed equity markets of emerging and frontier economies across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. A CFA charterholder, he brings over 16 years of investment management experience and invests as a generalist, with a research remit that has spanned, and continues to encompass, the majority of sectors, including natural resources, healthcare, technology and industrials.
Andrew Ewe – Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
Andrew is CFO of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure and has over a dozen years' experience in infrastructure finance and investment. Since joining in 2021 he has led four debt financings for the Company at both holding and operating company level, raising more than €1 billion from banks and institutional investors. He was previously an investment banker at Investec, covering M&A and debt capital markets across the infrastructure and energy sectors, and before that worked in the infrastructure advisory teams at Deloitte and Mazars on project finance, capital raising, financial modelling and valuations, serving both private and government clients
Cassie Herlihy – Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust
Cassie Herlihy became Deputy Fund Manager of The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust in 2025, working alongside Fund Manager Indriatti van Hien. She specialises in identifying high-quality smaller companies with strong growth potential and a competitive edge in their markets. Before joining Janus Henderson, Cassie successfully co-managed a UK smaller companies fund at Gresham House and previously worked in investment banking. Her approach combines detailed company research with a focus on businesses that can create long-term value for investors.
Peter Higgins – Conkers3
Peter is a successful long-term private investor, moderator, presenter, podcaster and interviewer who places a high degree of importance on deep research, followed by patient long-term investing.
Peter is the founder and Managing Director of Conkers3 Ltd an educational investing portal, that enables the investing/corporate world an audience to showcase their insights via bespoke interviews, podcasts and events. Peter is also the brainchild of and producer of the popular podcasts and video interviews called Conkers’ Corner.
Julia Hoggett – The London Stock Exchange
Julia joined the London Stock Exchange as CEO in April 2021. She is also Head of Digital and Securities Markets at the London Stock Exchange Group, which includes leading the group’s digital markets initiative and wider responsibility for the Group’s other equity venues. Julia previously worked at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority as Director of Market Oversight and Head of Wholesale Banking Supervision. Prior to the FCA, Julia held roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she was the Head of FIG flow financing, Covered Bonds Short-Term financing and Green Bonds for EMEA, and for the DEPFA BANK Group where she held several roles, including CEO of DEPFA ACS BANK and Head of Long-Term Funding for the DEPFA BANK Group. Julia started her career at JPMorgan where she focused on Emerging Markets and then Sovereign and Supranational Agency Debt Origination. In 2022, Julia became the inaugural Chair of the UK’s Capital Markets Industry Taskforce. Julia was made a Dame in 2024 for services to finance and business. Julia was also named in the Financial Time’s 25 Most Influential Women of 2024.
Jamie Hossain - International Public Partnerships (INPP)
Jamie has been associated with INPP since its IPO in 2006 and played a direct role in the IPO and in its subsequent acquisitions of social and transport infrastructure assets across the UK, Europe and Australia. Between 2010 and 2015 Jamie led the valuation and analysis team, contributing to multiple successful capital raisings undertaken by the Company. For the past 10 years, he has been a member of the investment origination team, leading on key transactions including Family Housing for Service Personnel, offshore transmission and Sizewell C.
Charles Jillings - Utilico Emerging Markets Trust
Charles is Joint Portfolio Manager of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust having been responsible for the day to day running of the Company since it was first established in 2005. Charles is Chief Executive of ICM Investment Management, a UK-regulated AIFM, and a Director of ICM with over forty years of experience in international financial markets. ICM is portfolio manager to two London listed investment funds, UIL Limited and Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Charles is responsible for their management and strategic direction including overseeing capital allocation, investment decisions and stakeholder engagement.
Timothy Lewis - JPMorgan European Growth & Income
Tim Lewis, executive director, is a portfolio manager within the J.P. Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group, based in London. He has a particular focus on core Europe mandates. An employee since 2013, Tim joined the firm as a graduate trainee. He obtained a BA in Business and Economics at Trinity College Dublin, and an MSc in Behavioural Economics from the University of Nottingham and is a CFA charterholder.
Anthony Lynch - JPMorgan Claverhouse
Anthony Lynch, executive director, is a portfolio manager within the J.P. Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group, based in London. He is a member of the Unconstrained investment team with portfolio manager responsibilities for both UK and global equity strategies. An employee since 2009, Anthony joined the firm as a graduate trainee. He obtained a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from Durham University and is a CFA charterholder.
Olivia Markham – BlackRock World Mining Trust
Olivia is co-manager of the BlackRock World Mining Trust plc and a member of the Natural Resources team. She specialises in gold, mining and circular economy strategies. She joined BlackRock in 2011, having previously led European mining at UBS and worked in M&A at BHP Billiton.
Rebecca McVittie – Fidelity Emerging Markets
Rebecca, Investment Director, brings expertise across Developed and Emerging Markets, and has previously held leadership roles within Fidelity’s Investment Director function. She re-joined Fidelity in 2013, having previously worked within the firm’s EMEA Institutional group from 2003 to 2007. Prior to re-joining Fidelity, Rebecca was Head of the Prime Brokerage European Capital Introductions Team at Newedge UK Financial Limited. She has also held roles at Friends Ivory & Sime and Henderson Global Investors, bringing extensive experience across the investment management industry.
Ben Moore – BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust
Co‑manager of BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc and a member of the European Equity team, Ben joined BlackRock in March 2026. Prior to this, he spent 11 years at Columbia Threadneedle, most recently managing the European Select strategy. He previously covered small European companies and began his career as a European mid‑cap equity analyst at Goldman Sachs.
Rob Naylor – Achilles Investment Company
Rob has 29+ years' experience in capital markets. He is the Lead Investment Manager of Achilles Investment Company, as well as Chair of Aquila European Renewables and NED of NIOX Group and Renalytix.
Rob was former Chair of Hipgnosis Songs Fund and Round Hill Music Royalty Fund as well as being a former NED of The PRS REIT and Life Science REIT.
Imran Sattar - Edinburgh Investment Trust
Imran is Portfolio Manager of Edinburgh Investment Trust. Imran joined Liontrust in April 2022 as part of the acquisition of Majedie Asset Management, where he had managed funds for four years. Before joining Majedie in 2018, Imran was a Managing Director and Fund Manager at Blackrock, where he managed UK equity funds with combined UK equity assets of over £2 billion. Imran joined Mercury Asset Management in 1997 (subsequently acquired by Merrill Lynch, now Blackrock). .
Richard Shepherd-Cross – Custodian Property Income REIT
Since joining Mattioli Woods in 2009, Richard established Custodian Capital as the Property Fund Management subsidiary to Mattioli Woods and in 2014 was instrumental in the establishment of Custodian Property Income REIT from the Mattioli Woods syndicated property portfolio and its 1,200 investors. Following the successful IPO of the Company, Richard has overseen the growth of the Company and has led the corporate acquisition of one listed and three private property companies over the last 5 years to build a consolidated property portfolio of £0.7bn.
David Smith – Henderson High Income trust
David Smith has managed Henderson High Income Trust since 2014 and is a member of Janus Henderson's Global Equity Income Team. He specialises in identifying UK companies that have the potential to provide attractive and sustainable dividend income alongside opportunities for long-term capital growth. Having joined Janus Henderson in 2002, David brings more than two decades of investment experience and a disciplined approach to income investing.
Masaki Taketsume – Schroder Japan
Masaki has been a member of Schroders’ Japanese equity team since 2007, initially as a technology analyst, and since 2017, as a fund manager. His career in investment began with fund management roles at both Nikko Asset Management from 1994 and Deutsche Trust Bank from 1998.
William Tamworth - Artemis UK Future Leaders
William joined Artemis in 2015. He works with Mark Niznik managing Artemis’ UK Smaller Companies strategy. Together they have managed the portfolio of Artemis UK Future Leaders plc since March 2025. After graduating from Oxford in 2006 with a degree in economics and management, William joined Citigroup as an equity research analyst in the UK small- and mid-cap team. He moved to Liberum in 2009, where he continued to work in small- and mid-cap equity research, specialising in support services. William is a CFA charterholder.
James Thom - Aberdeen New India Investment Trust
James Thom is a Senior Investment Director on the Asian equities team at Aberdeen, based in Singapore. He is responsible for both Asian and Indian equity strategies and is Lead Manager of the India Fund Inc, as well as Co-Manager of the Aberdeen New India Investment Trust. He is also Co-Portfolio Manager of Aberdeen’s flagship Asia Pacific ex-Japan strategy. James joined the company in 2010 from Actis, an Emerging Markets Private Equity firm.
Stuart Widdowson - Odyssean Investment Trust
Stuart is the Managing Partner of Odyssean Capital, which he founded in 2017. He has spent the last 25 years investing in public and private UK small and mid-size corporates and a further two years providing investment advice in the same field. Prior to founding Odyssean, Stuart was a Director and fund manager at GVQ Investment Management. In 2009, he became lead fund manager of Strategic Equity Capital plc and over the following 7 years, was instrumental in driving a turnaround in the performance and fortunes of this closed ended fund. In 2001 he joined HgCapital and spent five years executing small and mid-cap leveraged buyouts in the UK and Germany.
Ken Wotton - Strategic Equity Capital
Ken is managing director, public equity, and leads the investment team managing public equity investments. He is lead manager for WS Gresham House UK Smaller Companies Fund, WS Gresham House UK Micro Cap Fund, WS Gresham House UK Multi Cap Income Fund, Strategic Equity Capital plc and manages AIM listed portfolios on behalf of the Baronsmead VCTs. He was an equity research analyst with Commerzbank and then Evolution Securities prior to spending 12 years as a Fund Manager at Livingbridge and now 7 years at Gresham House specialising in smaller companies.
Theo Wyld - CC Japan Income & Growth
Theo is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst on the CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc.Theo graduated from Durham University with a degree in Mathematics, before completing a masters in the Mathematics of Finance at Columbia University, NYC. He spent three years as a Research Analyst covering UK equities and selected global names at an investment manager in London, JM Finn. In 2018, Theo moved to Ruffer and began his specialism in Japanese equities. He worked on the LF Ruffer Japanese Fund throughout his time at the firm, initially as an Analyst and subsequently as a Co-Fund Manager. Theo left Ruffer in 2023, joining Chikara Investments in 2024.
Helen Xiong - Monks Investment trust
Helen is an investment manager in the Global Alpha Team. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2008 and became a partner in 2020. In addition to Global Alpha, Helen has spent time working in our Developed Asia, UK, US Equity Growth, and Emerging Markets Equity teams. She graduated BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2007 and MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 2008.
Dominic Younger - CT UK Capital & Income
Dominic is a portfolio manager on the UK Equities team. He joined Columbia Threadneedle in 2013 and works on the UK Equity Income strategy. Dominic is lead portfolio manager of the CT UK Monthly Income Fund and the CT Monthly Extra Income Fund. He became the portfolio manager for the CT UK Capital & Income Investment Trust in 2026. He is deputy portfolio manager for the CT UK Equity Income Fund, the CT UK Growth and Income Fund and a number of institutional portfolios. He previously worked in client portfolio management on the desk. Dominic holds a BA (Hons) in History from Newcastle University.
