Our People

James was one of the founding members of the Rathbones Newcastle office when it opened in the city in 2013.  Prior to that he was a Director at UBS Wealth Management. He has 22 years investment industry experience and specialises in the management of private client, trust, offshore and pension fund portfolios.

James graduated in Law from Newcastle University in 1998, holds the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI) Diploma and is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI.  James currently sits on the Appeals Committee of St Oswald’s Hospice charity and is a former trustee of the Great North Air Ambulance Service.

Abigail joined Greenbank in 2018. She started her career with Computershare Investor Services in 2011 working in the correspondence and then gilts and structured product teams.

She specialised as a dividend officer at Computershare from 2016 paying dividends for a number of FTSE 100 clients.

Adam is a Regional Director and Head of the Glasgow office. He manages investment portfolios for individual clients, families, trusts, pension funds and charitable organisations. He joined Speirs & Jeffrey in 2010 and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. 

He graduated from the University of St Andrews with an honours degree in Business Management. He then studied for a postgraduate qualification in Investment & Finance at the University of Strathclyde before joining Speirs & Jeffrey in 2010 and becoming a Director of the company. Speirs & Jeffrey was fully integrated with Rathbones in July 2019. Adam was named in the 2021 PAM Insight UK Top 40 Under 40, which looks at the rising stars across the Wealth Management and Private Banking Industries.

Adam is an investment manager and has worked in private client investment management since 2011. He joined Rathbones in 2017 having previously worked at Redmayne-Bentley.

Adam completed a Masters in Wealth Management in 2017. This is the highest qualification the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment offers. He graduated from University in 2008 with a 2:1 degree in Business Management with Finance and Economics.

Adam specialises in discretionary investment management for private clients, trusts, charities and personal pension funds (SIPPs). 

Adam is an investment director, having joined Rathbones in November 2019 from Aberdeen Standard Capital where he was a senior portfolio manager. Working with Will Kinman, he manages discretionary investment portfolios for UK & offshore domiciled individuals, companies and trusts.

Adam has over 20 years of investment experience managing portfolios for both institutional and private clients. He is a CFA charterholder and a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and holds a degree in Business Studies from the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Alastair is an investment director and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.

Alastair has spent his entire working career in private client investment management in London, starting in 1984 at Vickers da Costa. Alastair joined Laurence Keen, which subsequently became part of Rathbones, in 1992.

Alastair is an investment director and Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. He manages portfolios for a wide range of clients including private individuals, trusts and charities. 

Alastair graduated from Durham University with an honours degree in Engineering.  His financial career began at KPMG and Blackadders Wealth Management before joining Speirs & Jeffrey in 2004.  Speirs & Jeffrey was fully integrated with Rathbones in July 2019.

Alastair is a Chartered Wealth Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. He has a law degree from The University of Dundee as well as an MBA from the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business.
 
He joined James Finlay Investment Management in 1987 where he worked as an investment manager until the company was acquired by Brewin Dolphin in 1996 where he served as a divisional director until joining Rathbones in 2015. 
 
Alastair has over 25 years of experience in private client investment management. He grew up in England but was educated in Scotland and works across the UK with a diverse client base specialising in the management of family wealth. He has long experience in collectives management as well as direct equity and bond market investment.
 
He is a trustee of the Scottish Cot Death Trust.

Alex joined Rathbones as an investment director in 2002 and manages a large portfolio of high net worth private clients, their SIPPs and associated trusts. He started his investment career in London over 30 years ago at Henderson Administration where he trained. He subsequently helped establish the private client fund management department within Murray Johnstone before moving to Premier Asset Management.

Alex is a Chartered Wealth Manager and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments.