Charities

My role as Business Development Director, Charities is to help ensure that Rathbones best serves the needs of charities. The key to this is listening and really understanding their needs. While charities often have similar investment requirements, each is unique and will have particular needs that are important to them. We discuss these needs with our investment team, who can then develop a bespoke solution for each charity. 

An important aspect of my role is to ensure that charities know about Rathbones. So, I will look to promote the Rathbones name and seek to involve us in industry events that are useful for charities - such as conferences, roundtable events and training seminars. I also work with the charity consultant community, to ensure they remain up to speed with all Rathbones' charity team developments, so they can confidently recommend Rathbones to their clients.

Melanie joined Rathbones in 2014 after spending the previous seven years at Jupiter. Prior to that, she was at Baring Asset Management, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and EY. She gained international experience working for HSBC in Hong Kong, San Francisco and Mumbai. Melanie is a Chartered Accountant, has a degree in Systems and Management from City University, London and is a Chartered Member of the CISI. She is both a trustee and member of the Investment Committee for the Francis C Scott Charitable Trust that commits over £1m a year to areas of deprivation in Cumbria and North Lancashire. Melanie is also a member of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants.

As an investment manager within the charities team, my primary role is to help charities achieve their financial goals through the provision of ongoing investment advice and day-to-day management of their portfolios. I also look after other not-for-profit organisations, corporate clients and pension funds. By gaining a thorough understanding of each client's needs I can advise on and tailor a portfolio to meet these requirements. Great care is taken to ensure that each client's attitude to risk, ethical preferences and other requirements are accommodated in order to construct a portfolio that is suitable for their needs.

Natalie joined Rathbones in 2020 as head of business development, charities, following her previous role as business development manager at Brewin Dolphin. Natalie has also worked at Heartwood Investment Management and specialises in charities, trust and other not-for-profit organisations. 

Natalie is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments (CISI). She holds a master's degree in Drama and Movement Therapy and achieved the Investment Management Certificate in 2016. She also holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. Natalie is also an ambassador for Girls are Investors and a Girl Guiding leader. 

Olivia is an investment Director on the charity team at Rathbones, where she joined from Investec Asset Management. She is an Associate of the CISI (Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment) having obtained the Investment Advice Diploma, and is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder.

Olivia graduated from Exeter University with a BSc Hons in Economics and Politics, and currently sits on the Charity Stock Selection Committee at Rathbones, as well as the Stewardship Committee.

Rob joined Rathbones in August 2024 from CCLA Investment Management, where he was a portfolio manager on their multi-asset and global equity funds. Prior to that, Rob was a senior analyst at Selector Funds Management in Sydney, working on high-conviction Australian equity funds. Rob has managed investment portfolios for a variety of charities, not-for-profit organisations, pension funds and retail investors.

Rob has a BA in Economics from the University of Sydney and is a CFA charterholder.

I am a senior investment director, working in our specialist charities team based in London. I provide bespoke investment advice and management to a diverse group of charity clients, working closely with Trustees to create portfolios tailored to meet their objectives. I am passionate about sustainability and am a member of our environmental research group as well as sitting on our Collectives investment committee.

Stephen has over twenty-five years of investment experience. He joined Speirs & Jeffrey in January 2013 and arrived with Rathbones following the integration of S&J in 2019. In addition to managing investments for individuals Stephen forms part of the Rathbones Charities Team managing portfolios for charity and trust clients.  

Stephen’s earlier investment career was in institutional fund management working as an investment director at Scottish Widows Investment Management and before that an investment manager at Britannic (now Abrdn) Asset Management. Over this period Stephen specialised in Japanese and Asian equities prior to forming part of a global equity team with responsibilities for the financial sectors. 

After graduating from Heriot-Watt University with an honours degree in Economics, Stephen completed postgraduate studies in Investment Analysis at Stirling University. Stephen is a member of the Chartered Financial Analysts Society of the UK and a Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

I work within our specialist charities team as an investment director where I provide strategic advice and bespoke investment management for charities and not-for-profit organisations. With ethical investment requirements being a particular focus, I create and manage tailored portfolios for clients. In addition to this, I sit on a number of internal committees to deliver the necessary resources to the firm's charity clients.

Victoria is an investment director with over 20 years' experience in providing and managing investment solutions to Charity and Pension Fund trustees, as well as to individuals including those with bespoke or complex investment requirements.

Victoria is a chartered fellow of the CISI and an experienced Trustee. She is a former Executive Trustee of the Edward Gostling Foundation, former trustees of the Lankelly Chase Foundation, an early adopter of the UNPRI, latterly chairing the Investment Committee, and former advisor to the Stroke Association Investment Committee.

Victoria joined Greenbank in 2015 from Barclays where she was senior director for the London Charity Team.  From 2007- 2010, Victoria was regional investment director for London and the South East responsible for the Gerrard Investment Management business, (£2billion in Private Client, Charity, Pension and Court of Protection portfolios). Victoria began her city career with Capel Cure Myers in 1998, following a successful career in Opera and Musical Theatre.