IR Breakfast: Meet the Fund Manager

Join us for this great opportunity to hear the views of IR’s main target audience – investors. This is your chance to hear how they manage their funds and make investment decisions, as well as what they value from their interaction with corporates and the best ways to engage with them.

Agenda

08:00 Registration and networking with a light breakfast

08:30 Panel discussion followed by Q&A

09:30 Networking with teas and coffees

10:00 Close

Moderator: Martin Dunwoodie

Director of IR and Treasury, Johnson Matthey

Director of IR and Treasury, Johnson Matthey

Martin is the Director of Investor Relations and Treasury at Johnson Matthey. He joined at the beginning of 2018 as Director of Investor Relations and assumed additional responsibility for Treasury from the beginning of 2024. Prior to Johnson Matthey, Martin was a highly ranked European Chemicals analyst for nearly 20 years, latterly at Deutsche Bank for a decade where he was also involved in numerous IPOs, such as Covestro and Evonik. Martin is a Chartered Accountant, a CFA Charterholder and holds an MA in Metallurgy and the Science of Materials from the University of Oxford.  

Guest speaker: Amy Platts

Partner, FGS Global

Partner, FGS Global

Amy is a partner in our Equity Advisory team. Amy has 17 years buyside investment experience where she was a financial services sector specialist at Highclere International Investors and Martin Currie Investment Management.

Amy brings extensive experience of investing in banks, insurance companies and diversified financials. Amy was responsible for idea generation, company modelling and investment recommendations of all financial stocks, in regular and close contact with senior management.

Amy has also been at the forefront of ESG initiatives, acting as the ESG Lead at Highclere, playing a crucial role in advancing the firm's ESG integration process and investor engagement activities

Guest speaker: Alexander Monk

Portfolio Manager, Global Resource Equities, Schroders

Portfolio Manager, Global Resource Equities, Schroders

Alex Monk is a Portfolio Manager at Schroders working on the Global Resource Equities Team. He is principally responsible for working on the Schroder Global Alternative Energy Fund and other resource-focused equity strategies. Prior to this, he spent two years as a Global Renewables Analyst, accountable for analysing companies across the entire clean energy value chain, and two years as a Sustainable Investment Analyst covering utilities and telecommunications. His investment career commenced at Schroders in 2016. Alex has a BA (Hons) Degree in Geography from Oxford University, where he specifically focused on climate science. He also has an MSc Degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he focused on climate policy and environmental finance. 

Guest speaker: Tom O’Hara

Investment Director, European Equities, GAM Investments

Investment Director, European Equities, GAM Investments

Responsible for the management of European Equity funds at GAM, alongside Jamie Ross and David Barker.

Before joining GAM Investments in May 2025, he spent seven years managing European equity funds at Janus Henderson Investors. Prior to this, he spent eight years as a sell side equity research analyst covering the metals and mining sector. He began his career in the treasury of Northern Rock plc. He received his BA degree (Hons) in economics from Newcastle University. He is passionate about the role of emerging technologies in shaping active investing and was an early investor in Quartr, a Swedish fintech platform, where he continues to serve as a non-executive adviser.

Dates

  • 8.00am to 10.00am Tuesday 7 October, 2025

Location

  • Citigroup Centre, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf E14 5LB

With thanks to our Events Programme Sponsor

Open to all Members and Non-members

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