Chairperson of the Institutional Money Market Fund Association. Elected in July 2024 for a three year term.

In this role I am responsible for leading strategy for the liquidity and insurance channels. This means working cross-function to ensure our solutions are optimised to investor needs and successfully promoted. Specific areas of focus include:- developing and executing business strategy- providing regulatory expertise and insight.- identifying commercial opportunities resulting from regulatory or market developments- new product development- promoting our products and strategies in collaboration with sales and marketing- creating thought leadership- engaging with the media- presenting at external and internal events- outreach to clients and relevant market constituencies- advising on portfolio construction- leading our interactions with relevant stakeholders including regulators, industry associations and rating agencies- competitor analysis- contributing to the Aviva Investors' ESG integration framework

Head of Fund & Asset Manager Ratings EMEA & APAC- lead an international team of 8 analysts across multiple geographies with around 150 ratings- production of extensive research

Senior fund and asset manager analyst.Team leader London fund and asset manager ratings.

Reviewing and rating:-all fund types (mutual, bond etc)-all asset manager classes (equity, real estate, fund of hedge fund, credit)

Reviewing and rating:-all fund types (mutual, bond etc)-all asset manager classes (equity, real estate, fund of hedge fund, credit)

- Responsible for reviewing and rating European asset managers, focussing on collateralised debt obligation (CDO) and hedge fund managers;- Highly client-focussed role: developing and maintaining strong relationships throughout the client’s organisation;- Extensive dialogue with clients, for ongoing monitoring and advice on rating decisions;- Provision of detailed analysis and reporting internally, complemented by timely and accurate public commentary delivered via ratings and reports;- Thought leadership: generation of frequent research articles, including widely circulated pieces on the collateralised loan obligation (CLO) management industry.

Primary responsibilities:European investment manager research (credit, FoHF, RE) and rating (selection/ due diligence equivalent), based on a standardised scorecard methodology;Bond fund rating and performance analysis (fundamental and technical analysis);Frequent production of concise public commentary reports, summarising complex information relating to manager or fund performance, and rating rationale;Benchmark-based risk analysis and reporting on bond fund performance;Highly client-focussed role: developing and maintaining strong relationships at all levels of the client's organisation, requiring excellent communication and inter-personal skills;Thought leadership: development of rating criteria (methodology) and lead responsibility for publication of investor quarterly credit market insight and commentary reports.

- CDO performance analysis, all asset classes (CLO, CBO, IG Corp etc) & liability structures;- Quantitative CDO modelling using discounted cash flow analysis and Monte Carlo simulation;- Construction of and commentary on credit market indices;- Developed productive client relationships across the market.

Fitch Ratings; Quantitative modelling of structured credit products using Excel-based discounted cash flow and Monte Carlo simulation models to provide credit risk analysis and rating;Lead analyst responsibility, including training and development of junior analysts;

- Developed detailed knowledge of structured credit products, particularly CDO’s;- Acquired extensive database and IT skills, including MS Access, Excel and VBA coding;- Quickly promoted to Performance Analyst