Speakers
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Dr Ian Robinson - CEO, ITMO Capital Ian Robinson has more than 25 years experience as a structured product trader, structurer (e.g. ABN Amro, Nomura) and Founder and CEO of an Asset Management firm. He has turned his attention to environmental concerns, structuring an off-grid solar receivables transaction in Kenya and working with the Coalition for Rainforest Nations. He has recently been appointed to the role of CEO of ITMO Capital, which is the structuring, trading and distribution arm of the ITMO Ltd group.
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Craig Bonthron Fund Manager - Artemis Positive Future Fund
Craig is part of Artemis’ impact equities team; and co-manages global equity funds focusing on positive impact, a field he has specialised in since 2008. Craig joined Artemis in 2020 from Kames Capital, where he co-managed significant assets, including the Kames Global Sustainable Equity Fund. Following a BSc and then an MSc, in 2002 Craig became an assistant investment manager at Gerrard Private Clients in Edinburgh. He then worked as a fund manager at Alliance Trust, Kleinwort Benson and SWIP before joining Kames in 2014.
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Dylan Watts Associate Director Institutional - Artemis Investment Management
Dylan is a member of Artemis’ Institutional Team and is responsible for the day-to-day management of institutional client relationships and sales. Before he joined Artemis in 2021, Dylan spent four years at Wellington Management International in London, supporting the UK Institutional and EMEA Insurance sales channels. That followed four years in China, where Dylan worked for a number of start-ups and for a private wealth management firm. He holds a BA in Classical Civilisation from the University of Bristol.
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Crispin Royle-Davies Senior Research Analyst, Regional Specialist: UK, Europe - Nuveen Global Investments Manager
Crispin is a senior research analyst for the Real Assets Investment Team, specialising in real estate equities in the UK and Europe and infrastructure and renewables UK investment trusts. He is based in London.
Crispin started his career in the financial services industry in 2012 and joined the firm in 2018. Previously, he was at Fidelity International where he was an equity research analyst responsible for the European property and UK housebuilding sectors for 3 years, before rotating coverage to the European consumer discretionary and food retail sectors.
Crispin received a BA in Economics & Management from the University of Oxford.
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Sophie Ballard UK Sales Director
Sophie is a UK Sales Director at Nuveen Asset Management and part of the Global Client Group. Sophie is responsible for relationships with UK investors and growing the UK institutional business across multiple distribution channels including LGPS, DB and DC pension schemes. She has over a decade of experience in institutional sales, relationship management and strategic account oversight, working with investors across the pension and financial institution client segments.
Prior to Nuveen, Sophie held a number of roles at SSGA, where most recently she was responsible for growing the UK DC and strategic partners group. Prior to this, she held relationship management roles in both London and New York. She also sits on the Returners workstream of the Diversity Project and is involved in a number of initiatives championing women in the workplace. She studied History at the University of Nottingham and is IMC qualified.
