BBFM - Key Persons
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- Director, Business Development, Northern Europe
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- HR Business Partner, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Andrew is responsible for leading the RBC BlueBay Asset Management (RBC Global Asset Management's business outside North America) HR teams as well as leading the HR work stream in the RBC GAM UK and BlueBay transition project. Andrew provides advice and counsel on all aspects of Human Resources and works in collaboration across Human Resources to develop and deliver solutions for people strategies focused on: talent management; leadership development; employee engagement; compensation; performance; change management and diversity and inclusion. Andrew joined in March 2011 and has held a variety of HR roles supporting I&TS, Wealth Management and GAM.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Business Development for RBC BlueBay Asset Management
- Managing Director, Head of Business Development, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Anthony is Head of Business Development for RBC BlueBay Asset Management (RBC Global Asset Management's business outside North America), a position he assumed in 2020. He joined the firm in September 2012 as Sales Director for UK and Ireland before becoming the Head of the UK team in May 2017. Anthony joined from Old Mutual Asset Managers where he was Director of their institutional business. Prior to that he spent ten years with Alliance Bernstein, working in Australia, New Zealand and latterly in the UK, as a sales and client relations director. His career in financial services began at Deloitte & Touche in Cape Town in 1995. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town and is a chartered accountant. Anthony is a CFA charterholder.
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- Director, Global Financial Institutions, Central & Southern Europe
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chief of Staff for RBC
- Chief of Staff, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Chris is the Chief of Staff for RBC BlueBay and is responsible for corporate strategy and oversight of RBC BlueBay's continental European and Hong Kong businesses. Prior to this appointment, Chris was the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of RBC GAM UK. He has also held the roles of Chief Operating Officer for GAM UK and the Director of Strategic Initiatives for RBC GAMs Canadian Institutional business. Chris joined RBC GAM in 2012 from ING Direct in Australia where he worked in the Corporate Strategy team and, prior to that, held a number of roles within financial services including RBS, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Chris holds an MBA from Hawaii Pacific University and BSc from Thomas University, both in the U.S. He is also a CFA charterholder.
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- Head of Australia & New Zealand, Australia, New Zealand & Asia Ex - Japan
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chief Financial Officer, RBC Global Asset Management
- Global Chief Financial Officer for RBC Global Asset Management
Craig is the Global Chief Financial Officer for RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), having previously been Chief Financial Officer for BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC GAM). He is also a member of the RBC GAM Leadership Committee and the RBC GAM Strategy Sub-Committee. Craig joined BlueBay in March 2008 as a Senior Manager within Fund Accounting; and held a number of senior roles within the firm before being appointed CFO in January 2018. Craig was promoted to RBC GAM Global CFO on 1 November 2020.
Prior to joining, Craig held a number of roles with Credit Suisse covering emerging markets fixed income market risk management; and the product control function for the emerging markets structured lending suite of products. Craig is a Chartered Accountant, qualifying with Deloitte in South Africa. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with majors in Accounting and Information Systems, both from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Chief Executive Officer RBC GAM, Non - Executive Director
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- Chief Investment Officer RBC GAM, Non - Executive Director
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- Chief Executive Officer Europe, Capital Markets and Wealth Management RBC, Non - Executive Director
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chief Executive Officer, RBC BlueBay Asset Management, Executive Director
Responsible for leading RBC's asset management business outside of North America. Executive Director RBC GAM UK Ltd Board, member of the Royal Bank of Canada Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) and RBC European Executive Committees.
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- Head of Financial Institutions, Germany & Austria
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Business Development Strategy & Operations, Strategy & Admin
- Head of Business Development Strategy, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Product Development for RBC BlueBay Asset Management
- Head of Product, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Gianni is Head of Product Development for RBC BlueBay Asset Management (RBC Global Asset Management's business outside North America) and specialises in open-ended fund launches, product strategy, peer analysis and ESG Regulations. He joined the firm as Senior Product Development Manager in January 2014 from Neuberger Berman, where he was the lead on product launches and market intelligence for Europe for two and a half years. Prior to that, he was a Product Developer at UBS Global Asset Management in Paris. Gianni holds a postgraduate degree in Finance - Portfolio Management from IAE Gustave Eiffel in Paris and is a CFA charterholder.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Global Equities, RBC Global Asset Management
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Client Experience, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
- Head of Client Services, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Managing Director, General Counsel, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
James joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in January 2007 as General Counsel and has responsibility for the London and Munich-based Legal teams across RBC BlueBay (RBC Global Asset Management's business outside North America). James was appointed to BlueBay Asset Management's Management Committee in 2017; and RBC BlueBay's Leadership Team in 2022, when he also became a member of RBC's British Isles Diversity Leadership Committee. James is a Director of Minsheng Royal Fund Management, China. James has 29 years' experience in financial services. He started his career at Slaughter and May, where he qualified as a solicitor. James holds a Law degree from the University of Oxford.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Global Institutional Marketing, RBC Global Asset Management
- Managing Director, Head of Global Institutional Marketing, RBC Global Asset Management
Jayne is responsible for devising and implementing global marketing strategies for institutional audiences across RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), including RBC BlueBay Asset Management. She leads communications across EMEA APAC and forms part of RBC GAM's Leadership Committee. Jayne also leads the Corporate Responsibility Committee in EMEA APAC and is a member of the RBC GAM Leadership Committee D&I group. She has over 20 years of industry experience in communications, reputation management and marketing across institutional and retail asset management.
Prior to joining, Jayne worked at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, leading corporate communications for their institutional and investment trust business in EMEA. Prior to this, she has lead PR for a fund of hedge fund and driven communications and business development for both a platform business and an industry consultancy. Jayne holds a BA (Hons) degree in Business and Management from Oxford Brookes University. She is also a trustee for Panathlon Challenge, a charity providing access to sport for children with disabilities.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chief Risk Officer for RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Jean-Philippe is Chief Risk Officer for RBC BlueBay Asset Management (RBC Global Asset Management's business outside North America) and joined the firm in March 2011. Jean-Philippe oversees Investment Risk (market, liquidity and counterparty risk) and Performance & Attribution across all RBC BlueBay funds. His responsibilities also include the management of the Quantitative & Data Science team which is tasked with supporting the Portfolio Management teams in their investment process.
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- Independent Non - Executive Director
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Japan and APAC, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
- Managing Director, Head of Japan and APAC, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Ken joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in April 2003 and is Head of Japan and Asia Pacific. Prior to his current role, Ken was Partner, Head of Sales for Northeast Asia. Prior to joining Ken spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (formerly Mercury Asset Management) in London where he was a managing director and senior portfolio manager in their fixed income department, responsible for managing a multi-currency global bond portfolio and currency overlay for the entire book of global bond mandates. Previously, Ken spent seven years at Nomura Securities, beginning his career as an equity analyst at Nomura Tokyo, before moving into a senior sales role at Nomura London. Ken holds a BSc from Boston University.
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- Communications Director, Communications & Marketing
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- Director, Business Development Benelux
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Head of Emerging Market Value Equities, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
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- Chief Risk Office Europe RBC, Non - Executive Director
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- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mark Dowding - Chief Investment Officer
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- Chief Investment Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Bay Chief Investment Officer, Executive Director
- Chief Investment Officer, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Mark is BlueBay's Chief Investment Officer. He has over 29 years' investment experience as a macro fixed income investor and has been a senior portfolio manager at BlueBay since he joined in August 2010. As a macro risk taker, Mark actively pursues an open dialogue with policy makers and opinion formers, believing that proprietary research is key to gaining insights in order to generate strong investment returns. Prior to joining firm, Mark was Head of Fixed Income in Europe for Deutsche Asset Management, a role he previously occupied at Invesco. He started his career as a fixed income portfolio manager at Morgan Grenfell in 1993 and holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Warwick.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chief Compliance Officer, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Mike is Chief Compliance Officer for RBC BlueBay Asset Management (RBC Global Asset Management's business outside North America). He joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in June 2007, where he was Global Head of Compliance. Mike was previously the Head of Investment Compliance and held other senior roles in BlueBay's Compliance team with involvement across the advisory and monitoring functions, including in the investment, corporate, and sales & marketing areas of Compliance. Mike holds a BA (Hons) degree from the University of Leeds.
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- Head of Institutional Sales, Germany & Austria
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- Director, Business Development, Central & Southern Europe
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chief Operating Officer, RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Paul joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in May 2005 and was Global Head of Operations before becoming Chief Operating Officer in January 2022. Prior to joining the firm, Paul worked for nine years at Deutsche Asset Management where he was a senior operations manager. During his time at Deutsche, Paul was responsible for managing the cash management teams across global fixed income and equity. He has extensive experience in institutional and hedge fund operations, including trade lifecycle, treasury and transition management. Paul holds BSc (Hons) Economics & Geography from the University of Exeter.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Managing Director, Head
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- Assistant
- PA / Team Assistant
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- Director, Business Development Nordics
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- Senior Associate, Business Development, Northern Europe
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- Director, Client Relations, Nordics
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- Head of Northern Europe, Sales & Strategic Accounts
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- Communications Manager, Communications & Marketing