Our team

Our services are delivered by skilled investment professionals and we continue to grow our business through the reputation of our people.

Our investment managers, pensions and financial planners, and tax and legal specialists are listed below as well as our Board and Executive team. Alternatively, please call 020 7399 0000 to arrange to speak to one of our team.

Clive Bannister

Rathbones Group Plc - Chair

London

Clive Bannister

Rathbones Group Plc - Chair

London

Clive was appointed on 6 April 2021.

Clive brings a wealth of strategic, commercial and financial experience to the board. Clive started his career as a banker at First National Bank of Boston in 1981 in Boston and London. In 1984, he joined Booz Allen & Hamilton and became a partner in their financial consulting practice in 1990.

In 1994, Clive joined HSBC Investment Bank as Director and Head of Planning and Strategy in London. He moved to New York in 1996 to be the deputy CEO of HSBC Inc and Head of Investment Banking in the US. In 1999, he was appointed Chief Executive of HSBC Group Private Banking, became a Group General Manager in July 2001, and Group Managing Director in 2006 responsible for Group Insurance and Asset Management at HSBC Holdings Plc. In 2011, Clive was appointed as group CEO of the Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest life and pensions consolidator.

Clive is currently the chair of the Museum of London and a board member of Beazley plc

Paul Stockton

Rathbones Group Plc - Group Chief Executive Officer

London Paul.Stockton@rathbones.com

Paul Stockton

Rathbones Group Plc - Group Chief Executive Officer

London Paul.Stockton@rathbones.com

Paul was appointed group chief executive in May 2019, having served as managing director of Rathbone Investment Management from May 2018. He was previously group finance director from 2008 to 2019.

Paul brings the following key skills to the board which supports the firm’s strategy: executive leadership, financial services and wealth management, risk management and regulation.

Paul qualified as a chartered accountant with PriceWaterhouse in 1992, subsequently taking up a position in New York before returning to London in 1996. In 1999 he joined Old Mutual Plc as group financial controller, becoming director of finance of Gerrard Limited in 2001. In 2005, two years after the sale of Gerrard, he left to work initially for Euroclear and, subsequently, as a divisional finance director of the Phoenix Group. He was formerly a non-executive director of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Paul is a board member of the Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association (PIMFA).

Jennifer Mathias

Rathbones Group Plc - Group Chief Financial Officer

London Jennifer.Mathias@rathbones.com

Jennifer Mathias

Rathbones Group Plc - Group Chief Financial Officer

London Jennifer.Mathias@rathbones.com

Jennifer was appointed in April 2019. She brings the following key skills to the board which support the firm’s strategy: banking risk management, regulation and management.

Jennifer began her career on the Lloyds TSB Finance graduate scheme following her graduation in 1995 and qualified as a chartered management accountant in 1999. At Lloyds, Jennifer held a number of senior management roles and worked closely with the board-level team of the Lloyds TSB Group, and was a member of the Corporate Banking and Wholesale Finance Executive Committees. In addition to her position as a finance director of Corporate Banking, Jennifer spent three years as head of Credit Risk & Compliance for the Commercial Banking division of Lloyds TSB. In 2012, she joined Coutts as the global chief finance officer, and in 2015, she moved to EFG Private Bank (UK), where she was chief finance officer and deputy chief executive officer.

Rupert Baron

Managing director

London Rupert.Baron@rathbones.com

Rupert Baron

Managing director

London Rupert.Baron@rathbones.com

Rupert joined Rathbone Investment Management as an Investment Director in 2000 and became Managing Director in February 2021.  Rupert has over 39 years’ experience in the wealth management sector, attending to the needs of individuals, trusts and pension schemes.

In his investment manager role, Rupert draws upon the wide range of specialists within Rathbones to help him deliver on the requirements of those clients for whom he is responsible.

Client situations vary considerably according to life stage, quantum of wealth, particular areas of interest and planning for the future financial well-being of their families.  Consequently, investment solutions also differ widely, from those seeking income, to those seeking only capital gains.  Investment risk appetite is also very personal.  Importantly, Rathbones creates bespoke solutions to each client’s circumstances and needs.

As a member of the Executive group, Rupert is responsible for the smooth running of the firm’s private client operations.  He leads in a collaborative style and is passionate about developing staff, at all levels, to ensure they can provide the highest quality client service.

Clients are at the heart of all that Rathbones do and Rupert believes cutting-edge technology will assist in the firm’s development.

 

Andy Brodie

Chief operating officer

London Andy.Brodie@rathbones.com

Andy Brodie

Chief operating officer

London Andy.Brodie@rathbones.com

Andy joined the firm in April 2020 as chief operating officer and is accountable for operations, change, technology and facilities. He began his career in the British Army and having left in 2004 completed an MBA at Edinburgh University.

Andy has worked at BSkyB, O2 Telefonica, Barclays Wealth and Aberdeen Standard Capital, prior to joining Rathbones. Over his career he has held senior roles focusing on client service, operations, technology and change. Andy’s last role before joining Rathbones was chief operating officer at Aberdeen Standard Capital, part of Standard Life Aberdeen.

Sarah Owen-Jones

Chief risk officer

London Sarah.Owen-Jones@rathbones.com

Sarah Owen-Jones

Chief risk officer

London Sarah.Owen-Jones@rathbones.com

Sarah is chief risk officer and joined Rathbones in March 2015.  She worked for NatWest and RBS group for over 30 years, including 13 years at Coutts. 

Sarah’s career turned to risk management in the 1990s and she worked in Switzerland for three years as the chief risk officer for Coutts’ international private banking business.  She moved to the Non Core division of RBS in 2010 and most recently provided risk oversight of RBS’ transformation programme. 

Sarah has an MBA with a dissertation on operational risk management and she is a member of the Institute of Risk Management. She joined the Group Executive Committee in July 2015.

Ivo Darnley

Managing director

London Ivo.Darnley@rathbones.com

Ivo Darnley

Managing director

London Ivo.Darnley@rathbones.com

Ivo is responsible for the specialist teams, which include our Investment Office, Research and Front Office Investment Risk teams.  In addition, he leads our Charities & Greenbank colleagues.  Ivo joined Rathbones after graduating from Edinburgh University in 1991 and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.  He founded the charity team in London and managed portfolios as an investment manager for almost 30 years.  He was appointed to the Rathbone Investment Management Committee in 2006 and joined the Group Executive Committee in July 2015.

Iain Cummings

Rathbones Group Plc – Non-executive Director (independent)

London

Iain Cummings

Rathbones Group Plc – Non-executive Director (independent)

London

Iain was appointed as non-executive director in October 2021. He is chair of the audit committee, and designated non-executive director of the firm’s workforce engagement programme.

To support the firm’s strategy, he brings a wealth of audit and accounting regulatory reporting experience, financial services, corporate governance and risk management.

Iain is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales with over 36 years of experience working in the financial sector. He was a partner at KPMG for over 24 years working with banks and other major financial services firms in both audit and advisory roles including three years leading KPMG’s banking audit practice. His audit roles included large firms in the investment banking sector and listed firms in the wealth, asset management and insurance sectors while his advisory engagements focused on aspects of risk, regulation and internal audit. Iain also served for a number of years as Chairman of the ICAEW Financial Services Faculty’s Risk and Regulation Committee and as a member of the ICAEW’s Technical Strategy Board.

He is currently a non-executive director of Skipton Building Society

Gaynor Gillespie

Chief People Officer

London gaynor.gillespie@rathbones.com

Gaynor Gillespie

Chief People Officer

London gaynor.gillespie@rathbones.com

Gaynor joined Rathbones in May 2021 as Chief People Officer. 

With over 30 years’ experience, Gaynor joined from BNP Paribus UK where she led a team of 21 and was responsible for all aspects of people management, performance, culture, talent and engagement.  Previous roles include Group HR Director at Tilney Group where she led the people agenda for a business with 30 offices UK-wide, spanning 3 brands, prior to which she was a People & Corporate Development Director at Capital & Regional Plc, taking on leadership responsibility and supporting the Chairman and the CEO in restructuring the organisation. 

Tony Overy

Chief Executive Officer - Saunderson House

London tony.overy@saundersonhouse.co.uk

Tony Overy

Chief Executive Officer - Saunderson House

London tony.overy@saundersonhouse.co.uk

Tony began his career in financial services in 1984 working for Commercial Union, before moving to Barclays where he specialised in pension plan administration. He joined Saunderson House in 1989 as a trainee financial planner, where he built extensive experience in successfully helping individuals manage their wealth, and was appointed a Director of the company in 1996. In January 2012, he became the Chief Executive Officer and is a member of the Saunderson House Board of Directors. 

During his long career at Saunderson House, Tony has played a key role in cultivating a culture of always putting our clients’ interests and goals at the heart of everything we do, and building a business that maintains strong client-advisor relationships – providing personal advice rather than selling products. Tony holds responsibility for setting the firm’s strategic direction, championing our conduct agenda and instilling the firm’s core values. He also plays a fundamental part in continuing to develop the company’s corporate social responsibility and staff engagement programmes. 

Tony holds the Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning and is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and is a Chartered Financial Planner. In 2017, he was a winner in the Finance Monthly CEO Awards and has led Saunderson House in its recognition through numerous awards in recent years including the Best Wealth Management Adviser in the 2017 Money Marketing Awards. 

Terri Duhon

Rathbones Group Plc - Non-executive Director (independent)

London

Terri Duhon

Rathbones Group Plc - Non-executive Director (independent)

London

Terri was appointed as a non-executive director in July 2018 and is chair of the risk committee. She has over 25 years of experience in the financial market and brings the following skills to the board: banking, investment management, risk management and regulatory experience.

Terri graduated with a Maths degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently a nonexecutive director on the board of Morgan Stanley International where she chairs the risk committee, is chair of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited and was recently appointed non-executive director of Wise Plc. She is an Associate Fellow at The Saïd Business School at Oxford University. Previously, Terri sat on the boards of CHAPS Co and Operation Smile UK and was a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Group for the Prince’s Trust. As an executive, Terri held a number of senior roles at JP Morgan and ABN AMRO before setting up her own consultancy firm.

Terri acts as Chair of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd, is a non-executive director of Morgan Stanley International Ltd, Hanover Investors Ltd and Wise Plc.

Sarah Gentleman

Rathbones Group Plc - Senior Independent director

London

Sarah Gentleman

Rathbones Group Plc - Senior Independent director

London

Sarah was appointed as a non-executive director in 2015, chair of our remuneration committee in 2017 and was appointed as senior independent director at our 2022 AGM. In addition, she is a designated non-executive director of the firm’s workforce engagement programme.

Sarah brings the following key skills to the board which supports the firm’s strategy: banking, digital marketing, risk management, corporate governance and regulatory experience.

She started her career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and then worked for several years in the telecoms and digital sectors, latterly as chief financial officer of the LCR Telecom Group. In 1999, she joined the internet bank Egg, the internet banking subsidiary of Prudential, where she was responsible for business development and strategy. In 2005, she joined Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, the institutional research and trading arm of Alliance Bernstein, as a banking analyst covering the European banking sector. Sarah is also an adviser to early-stage technology companies.

Sarah is also currently a non-executive director of Engine B Ltd and Molten Ventures Plc (previously Draper Esprit Plc)

Dharmash Mistry

Rathbones Group Plc – Non-executive Director (independent)

London

Dharmash Mistry

Rathbones Group Plc – Non-executive Director (independent)

London

Dharmash was appointed as non-executive director on 5 October 2021.

Dharmash brings the following key skills to the board which support the firm’s strategy: financial services, media & technology experience, digital transformation, private & public market investing and corporate governance.

He started his career with Procter & Gamble as a Brand Manager, followed by a period with Boston Consulting Group. He spent eight years in the media as Group Managing Director of EMAP Consumer Media and EMAP Performance. He co-led the 2008 delisting of Emap Plc from the FTSE 100. Dharmash is an experienced technology venture capitalist,

entrepreneur and nonexecutive director. He was formerly a Partner at Balderton & Lakestar, leading investments including Revolut, Glovo, Infarm, Blockchain.com and Lovefilm amongst others.

He co-founded Blow LTD and served as Chairman & CEO until its sale in 2021. His prior board NED positions include: BBC Executive Board, Hargreaves Lansdown Plc, Dixons Retail Plc, The British Business Bank and BBC Commercial Holdings.

He current acts as a board member of Halma plc and The FA Premier League

Mike Webb

Rathbone Unit Trust Management - chief executive

London Mike.Webb@rathbones.com

Mike Webb

Rathbone Unit Trust Management - chief executive

London Mike.Webb@rathbones.com

Mike is chief executive officer of Rathbone Unit Trust Management, joining in February 2010. With over 25 years’ experience, Mike joined from Hermes Fund Managers where he was head of business development. Previous roles include chief executive officer of Invesco Perpetual, prior to which he was managing director of the Retail division of GT Global Asset Management and sales & marketing director of Prolific Financial Management.

Ali Johnson

Company secretary

London Ali.Johnson@rathbones.com

Ali Johnson

Company secretary

London Ali.Johnson@rathbones.com

Ali joined Rathbones in April 2016 and was appointed company secretary in May 2016.

Ali graduated in Law and is a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute.

He has over 20 years’ experience as a company secretary in a wide range of publicly listed companies. His work has covered board support, corporate governance, executive remuneration, corporate transactions, listing obligations, responsible business programmes, insurance and employee/ executive share plans.

Andrew Morris

Head of investment management - North

Liverpool Andrew.Morris@rathbones.com

Andrew Morris

Head of investment management - North

Liverpool Andrew.Morris@rathbones.com

Andrew is responsible for Rathbones’ Investment Management business in the UK outside London. He also manages a large number of client portfolios. He has spent his entire working career at Rathbones in private client investment management and joined the Group Executive Committee in July 2015.

Emma Watson

Head of financial planning

London emma.watson@rathbones.com

Emma Watson

Head of financial planning

London emma.watson@rathbones.com

Emma joined Rathbones in July 2016 as Director of financial planning strategy to oversee the growth of the financial planning team and the development of the strategy. In October 2018 she became the Head of financial planning and has overseen a period of growth with the size of the team more than doubling.

Emma has over 20 years’ experience in financial planning having initially worked in the Financial Planning division of EY and subsequently spent 12 years at Towry where she carried out a number of different roles, seeing the business grow from 40 people to over 1,100. Emma has a degree in linguistics from Reading University and is a Chartered Financial Planner.