Presenters - Schroders Talking Point

	Alan Brown, Senior Adviser Alan joined Schroders in 2005 as Chief Investment Officer, a role he remained in until early May 2012 when he retired from the Board. Alan has an impressive investment career spanning over 35 years and in his new role as Senior Adviser, Schroders remains his principal focus. Alan started out at Morgan Grenfell as an equity analyst before joining JP Morgan's Commercial Bank Management Program where he later became an International Fixed Income fund manager and then Director of Investments. He joined Posthorn Global Asset Management in 1984 as Head of Fixed Income, moving to PanAgora Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer in 1989. In 1995, Alan joined State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), initially as Managing Director, and later as Group Chief Investment Officer and Vice Chairman of SSgA, and Executive Vice President of State Street Corporation. View Alan's articles
	Richard Buxton, Head of UK Equities Richard's extensive investment career spans over 25 years - of which, 20 have been focused exclusively on UK equities. Richard joined Schroders in 2001 and has been Head of UK Equities since 2003. He has previously worked at companies including Baring Asset Management, where he was a UK equity fund manager and Brown Shipley Asset Management, where he was a fixed income and equity fund manager. View Richard's articles
	Allan Conway, Head of Emerging Market Equities Allan joined Schroders in 2004 and has over 30 years' investment experience. He previously worked at WestLB Asset Management where he was Head of Global Emerging Markets and later Chief Executive of WestAM (UK) Ltd. Prior to that he was Head of Global Emerging Markets at LGT Asset Management. View Allan's articles
	Robert Farago, Head of Asset Allocation, Schroders Private Bank Robert joined Schroders in 1994 and is responsible for the private bank's asset allocation policy. He was previously an alternatives analyst for Schroders' multi-asset team. Prior to that, he was head of the Private Bank's Investment Unit, and before that a senior Pacific Basin fund manager. His investment career commenced in 1987 upon joining Bankers Trust as a graduate trainee (European equities) before focusing on Asian equities. View Robert's articles
	Johanna Kyrklund, Head of Multi-Asset Investments Johanna joined Schroders in 2007 and is responsible for investment on behalf of all UK, European and US Multi-Asset clients. She is a member of the Global Asset Allocation Committee. From 2005, Johanna worked at Insight Investment where she managed an unconstrained global macro absolute return fund. From 1997 to 2005 she worked at Deutsche Asset Management where she was Head of Asset Allocation in the UK and fund manager of the Deutsche Tactical Asset Allocation Fund. View Johanna's articles
	Shogo Maeda, Head of Japanese Equities Shogo Maeda, based in Tokyo, joined Schroders in 2006. He has previously worked at companies including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was Head of Japanese Equities, before becoming Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer for Asia Pacific equity fund management. View Shogo's articles
	Virginie Maisonneuve, Head of Global & International Equities Virginie Maisonneuve joined Schroders in 2004. With an investment career spanning nearly 25 years, she has worked at companies including Clay Finlay, where she was Co-CIO, and held various fund management roles at State Street Research & Management, Batterymarch Financial, and Martin Currie. View Virginie's articles
	David Scammell, Head of European and UK Interest Rate Strategies David Scammell joined Schroders in 2004 as a UK Fixed Income fund manager - Gilts and Index-Linked. Prior to joining Schroders, David worked at Anchorage Capital Partners in a similar role. Previously, David spent five years with the United Bank of Kuwait as Head of Global Fixed Income, and 10 years working for a number of Central Banks (UK, Switzerland & Finland) in the area of reserve management. View David's articles
	Wes Sparks, Head of US Fixed Income Wes Sparks based in New York joined Schroders in 2000 and is lead manager for Schroders' global high yield portfolios. With an investment career spanning over 20 years, he has worked as a fund manager at companies including Aeltus Investment Management, Trust Company of the West, Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he commenced his career as a Financial Analyst. View Wes' articles
	Keith Wade, Chief Economist & Strategist Keith joined Schroders in 1988 and is responsible for the economics team and Schroders' global economic 'house view'. He also helps formulate our asset allocation strategies. He commenced his career at Schroders as a UK economist and became our chief economist in 1992. Prior to joining Schroders, Keith was a researcher at the London Business School's centre for economic forecasting. View Keith's articles
	Azad Zangana, European Economist Azad joined Schroders in 2009 and is responsible for formulating the house view on the UK and eurozone economies. Azad's investment career commenced when he joined Schroders. Prior to joining Schroders he was an economist at HM Treasury working on UK macroeconomic analysis and Eastern Europe. View Azad's articles