DOUSE ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Susan has over 38 years of experience in the investment industry, principally on the institutional side, with experience in asset management, investment consulting to pension funds including manager research, broad industry research and advice to financial and asset management firms. Susan founded Douse Associates in 2006, to invest her own capital alongside a carefully selected and diversified range of skilled boutique managers and to represent them as a dedicated marketing organisation.
Susan's background includes time as Global Product Manager and Head of Consultant Relations at Schroders 2004 and as a co-founder of Grail Partners in 2005 - a specialist Merchant/Investment Bank serving the investment management industry. Prior to this, Susan was a Partner at Watson Wyatt from 1993-2004 where she ran global research programmes looking at investment trends and innovative solutions. Susan began her international career with SEI in London, establishing their international manager research effort in 1986. At that time, SEI was the largest investment consultant in North America. Susan began her career at Allan Gray Investment Counsel in Cape Town from 1982 to 1986 prior to moving to the UK.
Susan has a BSc in Statistics and Psychology from the University of Cape Town.
From June 2021, Susan has taken on the role of Non Executive Director at Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd.
Susan Douse, Managing Director, understands the wider needs of institutional investors globally. Working with funds and asset managers from around the world for the last 40 years, Susan has a good understanding of how to work with investment consultants and intermediaries. She works with a team of Analysts and Interns from some of the UK's top universities who support her work in all areas of the business.
Susan recognises that investment skill is a rare commodity and has researched, advised asset management firms and published papers on what constitutes and sustains skill in asset management firms and across a wide range of asset classes.