Appointed by the UK Minister of Pensions as a non executive Board Director of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation, the UK Government’s arms length body MasterTrust with 13 million members and £45 billion of assets under management, with a mission to provide the best possible retirement outcomes for members.

Representing HSBC Asset Management at the UK Investment Association to provide industry insights and support to help attract overseas investment and grow the UK Investment Management industry into the future.

Advisory Board member to the ‘Asset Owner Diversity Charter’, supported by 26 UK signatories (pension schemes, insurance companies and asset allocators) representing £1.8 trillion of assets under management, with a focus to better embed DE&I into investment management companies, including their decision making, engagement and stewardship activities with underlying investee companies, in order to generate better financial outcomes for individual beneficiaries and to have a positive societal impact.

Board Director & Member of the Management Committee of the c.USD750 billion investment manager of the HSBC Group with c.3000 colleagues operating in 25 countries.

Chief Executive Officer, UK for the asset manager of the HSBC Group. SMF1, CEO & Board Director of the USD200 billion HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. Also responsible for global initiatives with Official Sector Institutions including public pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, development banks and supranationals. Report directly to the Global Chief Executive. Member of HSBC Asset Management's:- Global Management Committee - Global Risk Management Committee - Global New Business Committee- Global Sustainability ForumAccountable executive and sponsor for the firm’s global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion programme with over 300 volunteers in 18 countries, supporting 16 work streams. Global sponsor of the mental health & wellness work stream.Previous HSBC Asset Management roles: - Global Head of Strategy, M&A & Chief of Staff- Board Director of Hang Seng Investment Management Ltd - Board Director - HSBC Global Asset Management Bermuda Ltd.- Board Director - HSBC Global Asset Management Malta Ltd.- Board Director & Chairman - HSBC Global Asset Management Turkey Ltd.- CEO International- Head of Institutional, UK- Head of Global Banking, Institutional Team, UKCurrent role: On the Advisory Council of the Diversity Project for the investment industry & CEO sub group & gender balance working group & Executive sponsor of the Mental Health workstream; Member of the UK Investment Association - Trade & Investments Committee; and ED&I Advisory group

10 years as a Trustee Board Director & 4 years as Chair of the Investment Committee of HSBC's £27 billion UK employee Bank Pension Trust (UK) Ltd (since 2014 and re-appointed in 2019 until 2024): Trustee of HSBC's £20 billion Defined Benefit and £7 billion Defined Contribution Pension Schemes. With over 230,000 members. Signatory of the Asset Owner Diversity Charter. Working with investment consultants, Willis Towers Watson, Lane Clark Peacock and Redington + 25 investment management firms.Member of the Trust's:- Board- Asset & Liability Sub Committee (DB & DC Investment Committee - Chairman)- Chairs Committee- Climate Risk Working GroupPrevious Trustee roles:- Defined Contribution Sub Committee member- Audit & Risk Sub Committee member- Communications Steering Group member- Environmental Social Governance Steering Group- Actuarial Valuation Steering Group- Nominations Committee member

My four brothers and I raised over £50k for mental health & disability charities around the World, after completing together 6 marathons in 6 days in the Sahara desert, competing in the infamous ‘Marathon des Sables’. Our adventure was captured in our charity documentary ‘Brothers in the Sand’ and featured on Amazon Prime (follow the link below)👍https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brothers-Sand-James-White/dp/B07TKZJ3SZ/ref=nodl_

Previous roles:- Director, Head of Global Financial Institutions Team- Director, Head of UK Financial Institutions Team- Director, UK Partnerships

Previous roles:- Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances - Manager, MBA Programme- Fixed Income Analyst