Our People

Christopher is an investment director graduating from Edinburgh University in 1987. He has worked in private client investment management for over 16 years, beginning his career with Foster and Braithwaite before moving to Flemings. Christopher joined Rathbones in 2001. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Christopher graduated from Durham University in 2012 with an honours degree in Mathematics. He joined Speirs & Jeffrey in February 2013 and completed his professional qualifications in February 2015.

Christopher is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and works closely with Michael Wilson. He manages a number of client portfolios ranging from individuals to trusts and charities. 

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

He manages investment portfolios for charities, trusts, pensions and private clients including some with ethical criteria. He also enjoys working with independent financial advisers.

After graduating from Bristol University, where he had an army scholarship, Christopher served for seven years in a cavalry regiment. He started at Rathbones in 2002, where he trained, and as investment director worked in Bristol and Exeter. In 2012 he moved to Brewin Dolphin as divisional director before rejoining Rathbones in 2016.

Christopher is an investment director based in the Winchester office. He specialises in managing portfolios for private individuals including the investments held in their associated trusts, pension funds, private companies and charities.

He is an individually Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and won the FT Extel Prize awarded by the Institute for its diploma examinations in 1996/97. After graduating from Cambridge University, he trained with Smith & Williamson Securities and Wise Speke Limited before joining Rathbones Group in 1997.   

Clare is an investment director and provides discretionary management for a longstanding client base. These cover private clients, corporate clients, charities and trusts. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Clare joined Rathbones in July 2010 following the acquisition of the Bank of Scotland Portfolio Management Service from Lloyds. She had been with portfolio management service for 25 years and during this time was involved in all aspects of private client investments and managed private client portfolios for the latter 17 years.

Bill joined Rathbones in April 2020 as Client Development Director in the Aberdeen office. He Is responsible for client development activities across the North East of Scotland.

Before joining Rathbones, Bill spent over 20 years with Aberdeen Asset Management in a number of client relationship roles. Prior to that, he spent 10 years with Mitsubishi Finance Int’l in London managing institutional equity portfolios.

Clive is an investment director with 35 years’ experience in private client fund management. He has been actively involved in the management of portfolios for larger complex family structures, including the management of bespoke family funds.

Clive is a member of the Rathbone Investment Management Investment Executive Committee. He is also on Rathbones' committees for Strategic Asset Allocation and UK and International Stock Selection. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and has an honours degree from London University. Prior to his career in the financial services, Clive served in the regular army as a commissioned officer with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Clive joined Rathbones in 2000, prior to which he spent 15 years at Kleinwort Benson as a wealth manager. Throughout this period, he was also actively involved in the research and stock selection process, was deputy chief investment officer and in his earlier years was research manager for the oil, gas, utility and pharmaceutical sectors.

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

Craig graduated from the Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University in 1996 with an honours degree in Commerce and joined Speirs & Jeffrey later that year. Speirs & Jeffrey was fully integrated with Rathbones in July 2019.

Cristian is an assistant investment manager working alongside Ian Tansley, James Walker and Ian Burrows providing personalised investment management services for private clients, charities, trusts and pensions. Cristian also works closely with a range of Midland based firms of intermediaries including solicitors, accountants and independent financial advisors.

In 2021 Cristian completed the CII’s Certificate in Discretionary Investment Management followed by the Certificate in Securities Advice and Dealing in 2023. He holds an honours degree in Economics from the University of Warwick. Before joining Rathbones in September 2022, Cristian worked as an Investment Analyst for a Midlands based Independent Financial Advisory. He has worked in the industry since 2019.