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Investment2020: A Conversation with Karis Stander

Karis Stander joined Investment2020 as Managing Director in 2014, having spent six years managing business development at the Financial Skills Partnership for their financial services Talent and Careers Service. She also spent five years at the Financial Services Authority in the Learning & Development and the Industry Training teams, and before that managed investment qualifications […]

The ESG Agenda: A Conversation with Mais Callan

Mais Callan is the founder of Impactive Associates, a new London-based consultancy that helps investment management firms to lay the foundations for effective and credible responsible investment and ESG integration. She has over 12 years’ experience in responsible investment, which includes leading the ESG integration and research programme at one of the UK’s leading asset management […]

Diversity Matters: A Conversation with Jane Welsh

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Jane began her investment career in 1982 at London Business School where she marketed investment analysis tools. She moved to Russell in 1984 as their first full-time manager researcher before joining Watsons (now Willis Towers Watson) in 1992 to advise institutional investors on strategy, portfolio construction, manager selection and monitoring. She headed the global equity […]

Compliance Evolved: A Conversation with Alan Ramsay

Alan Ramsay is Deputy Chairman of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI). A chartered accountant by training, he is a recognised expert in financial services industry regulation. Roles Alan held prior to his most recent role as a senior advisor to PwC’s Financial Services Regulatory Practice in London include a fifteen-year tenure leading compliance […]

A Life in Audit: A Conversation with Ann Stock

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Ann Stock is a senior and well-known leader in the Internal Audit field who has spent extensive periods with some of the world’s most prominent investment businesses. She is currently a Principal in The Vanguard Group’s Internal Audit function with responsibility for Global Professional Practices, having previously covered the firm’s international businesses and global corporate […]

Enterprise-Wide Risk Management: A Conversation with Tanveer Bhatti

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Tanveer Bhatti is a model risk and enterprise risk specialist who has spent a substantial career in global banking with the likes of Citi, JPMorgan Chase and HSBC. A gifted and passionate mathematician, he contemplated pursuing a PhD in the subject before opting instead to begin a career in accountancy, moving subsequently into investment banking. […]

Organisational Culture: A Conversation with Alex Rickard

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Alex Rickard is a highly experienced HR Director, executive coach, and consultant on leading-edge people- and culture-related issues. She has spent her career in global HR leadership roles in many industries, including a long tenure as HR Director for a major UK wealth manager, helping to grow an organisation originally valued at £38 million to […]

The SMCR: A Conversation with Gary Storer

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Gary Storer is Founder and Managing Director of Enterprise Learning, a leading and award-winning regulatory consultancy focused on the people element of compliance and regulatory risk management within financial services. He founded Enterprise Learning in 2002 after a career in people change and organisation transformation, mostly in regulated financial services organisations, including senior roles at […]

Individual Accountability: A Conversation with Nicola Megaw

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Nicola Megaw is the Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary at Nucleus Financial Group. She has been with the group, a leader in the wealth management platform space at the vanguard of financial technology, since 2012. She studied law at the University of Aberdeen and trained at Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, where she gained experience in […]