GUILD OF INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND ITS CHARITABLE TRUST

Anthony H Yadgaroff, MCSI

Anthony is the founder of Apex Investment Advisers which advises a number of Local Government Pension Schemes on over £100 billion of assets, specialising in Alternatives, Illiquid and Private Markets investments. Anthony was also the founder of Allenbridge Group which he set up in 1984 and had over 25,000 private…...

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Amos Dadzie

Amos is the Investment Operations Manager at EdenTree Investment Management. Prior to this, he was Head of Operations at Helikon Investments Limited. His 25-year career also includes roles at Redwheel (previously RWC Partners), JPMorgan Chase, and Bear Stearns. He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities &…...

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Tarandeep Panesar

Tarandeep was nominated by the Guild of Investment Managers and voted a trustee in May 2021. He is a Fixed Income Investment Specialist at Federated Hermes where he has worked since September 2015. He is committed to promoting charitable causes by supporting the charitable trust as its Treasurer, helping to…...

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Virginia Salter

Ginny is an Independent Trustee. She is a retired commercial solicitor. Most of her working life was spent at British Telecom as a corporate and commercial lawyer dealing with a wide variety of both UK and international transactions and contracts, mainly for its international division. After a stint as BT…...

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Celia Soares

Celia is one of the founding trustees. Celia is a Client Portfolio Manager with Janus Henderson Ltd, a position she has held since 2023. She entered the industry in 2007 and has since held positions as a Client Portfolio Manager and an analyst in various capacities in other companies. Celia…...

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Melissa Longley

Melissa is one of the founding trustees. She is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Longley Asset Management which she established in 2004. Prior to that, she was a Director and Head of Advisory Fund Management at Kleinwort Benson Private Bank. Her career includes a decade with Lehman Brothers,…...

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Andrew Bell

Andrew is one of the founding trustees. He is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Witan Investment Trust plc which he joined in 2010. Prior to that, he had worked in the City since 1987. He is the Chairman of the Diverse Income Trust plc, has been a…...

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Erik Berggren

Trustee Erik is a Swedish national and was nominated by the Guild of Investment Managers and voted a trustee in May 2021. Having moved to the UK after completing his military service in the Royal Swedish Horse Guards, he first worked in both consulting and TMT investment banking before joining…...

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Roberta Sanminiatelli

Roberta is an Italian and British national and became a trustee in January 2021. During her years at UBS, she took part in various initiatives to help younger members from disadvantaged backgrounds to understand what it takes to get a job in finance. After more than 20 years consulting Institutional…...

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James de Sausmarez

I retired from my full-time role at Janus Henderson Investors in 2022 and am now combining my pro-bono activities with seeking NED positions. I am the current Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, Chair of Governors at Queenswood School in Hertfordshire and a member of St…...

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