Head of Product Strategy & Development for Federated Hermes. Responsible for a global team of Product Strategists & Developers generating strategic analysis and implementing change to drive the long-term growth of Federated Hermes business worldwide.

Head of Product team responsible for the Product Strategy, Development and Oversight of Federated Hermes range of UK & European domiciled funds distributed globally.

Executive Director on the Board of Federated Hermes Global Investment Funds (Cayman) Master SPC, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and registered as a segregated portfolio company under the provisions of the Companies Law on 1 September 2010.

Management of a team of Product Developers with responsibility for the development, ongoing maintenance and governance of Blackrock’s large and diverse range of funds established in multiple domiciles throughout the EMEA region and distributed to clients around the world.Experience in delivering a wide range of Product Development activities, including: market, competitor and fund range analysis; business analysis and design of specific ideas; presentation to executive level internal stakeholders; strategic client interaction to assist distribution channels and project management of fund launches/changes/closures.Experience with funds domiciled in Luxembourg, Ireland, UK & Cayman across both UCITS and AIFMD compliant structures.Full breadth of experience across asset classes including passive, liquidity, long only & long short equities, fixed income, multi-asset, liquid & illiquid alternatives.Experience in chairing & participating in business committees providing governance & direction for the business.

Product Management of Aviva Investors UK domiciled range of funds. Experience delivering fund modifications & closures across range of asset classes including passive, equity, fixed income, multi-asset, fund of funds, manager of managers & direct property. Coordination & delivery of fund review process to ensure suitability of fund range on an ongoing basis. Assessment of ongoing commercial viability of funds and presentation of findings to business to gain stakeholder buy in for proposed actions.Participant in Investment & Product governance committees to ensure that Product Development considerations are appropriately considered by the wider business in decision making.

Development of investment products (including structured products, third party funds platform & insurance policies) for High Net Worth Wealth Management advisory proposition and direct online platform. Development and project management of structured products from inception to post campaign analysis. Working with sales teams to tailor products to meet customer need.Research and fund analysis to enable updates to UK funds offering.Management of third party relationships.

Provided support to team of telephone advisors and service centre staff delivering assistance to UK Wealth Advisors.Fulfilled client requests for fund information, provided back-dated valuations and coordinated client confirmation notes.