IR Breakfast: Meet the Fund Manager

Interim Head of Investor Relations, Smiths Group

Siobhán has more than 18 years’ expertise in Investor Relations, and more than 10 years’ capital markets experience in equity research and within investment management. She is currently Interim Head of IR at Smiths Group, and was previously Head of IR at Spectris and Deputy Head of IR at BG Group. Prior to her career in IR, Siobhán was a research analyst covering the utilities sector at UBS, and also worked at a leading UK investment management company.

Senior Investment Director and PM, abrdn

Romney is a Senior Investor Director at Abrdn plc, with over 19 years experience as a generalist UK & European equity analyst and fund manager, together with a specialism in listed real estate.

Romney is a CFA Charterholder, and has a BA Hons in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University, and a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from City University.

Portfolio manager, UK Equities team, Newton Investment Management

Photo & Bio to follow.

Senior Investment Manager, Royal London Asset Management

Richard is the Head of the Equity Income team and manages the RL UK Equity Income, RL UK Dividend Growth and UK Income with Growth funds, which is around £2.5bn of assets. He joined RLAM in 2016, having previously worked at AXA Investment Managers for 19 years where ran a wide range of UK equity and multi-asset portfolios, most notably AXA’s Distribution Fund franchise. Prior to working in the City, Richard had an engineering background, having served an apprenticeship with British Aerospace. He holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Sheffield University and a PhD in Aerodynamics from Oxford University.