CEO Today United Kingdom Awards

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT www.ceotodaymagazine.com 52 CEO Today United Kingdom Awards 2019 PETER HARRISON CEO of Schroders FIRM PROFILE As a global investment manager, our overall purpose is to help build the long-term future prosperity of our clients. We recognise that we have an important role to play in shaping our clients’ futures as well as having a strong focus on doing the right thing for our people, our suppliers and for society more widely. By understanding the needs of our stakeholders, we can deliver long-term growth for our shareholders. In order to deliver for our stakeholders, we prioritise growing a sustainable business that takes a long-term approach. We do this by investing behind strategic growth opportunities, which help us deliver on our commitment to provide positive outcomes for all of our clients, society, our shareholders and our people. We are responsible for £444.4 billion (€496.6 billion/$565.5 billion)* of assets for our clients who trust us to deliver sustainable returns. We remain determined to build future prosperity for them, and for all of society. When our stakeholders prosper, so do we. Our new identity As a business that’s been innovating for more than two centuries, we’re always ready to adapt and evolve to suit the world we find ourselves in. That’s why we hope it comes as no surprise to see our newly refreshed brand identity. In many ways our latest brand evolution is all about continuity. Much has happened since we last updated our brand – economies, societies and governments have all seen great change. Businesses have become increasingly complex and altered many of the ways that they work. And as individuals we’ve all grown used to new ways of communicating with each other and keeping in touch with world events. Inevitably, the way Schroders works has developed too – but the fundamental way that we see the world – our lens - remains unchanged. This and our constant client-focus, our innovative, specialist teams, and powerful investment tools and strategies continue to be important parts of our identity. Our logo, design, imagery and the words we use to communicate have all been recast. Sharper, quicker, clearer – they have evolved to better suit the world we do business in. But our story remains unchanged, and our focus on you, our clients, endures. We have changed to ensure we remain who we always have been. Still the same strong values and pride in our heritage. Still trusted. Still innovative. Still Schroders. www.schroders.com ABOUT PETER HARRISON Appointed Group Chief Executive in April 2016. He was previously an executive Director and Head of Investment from May 2014. He began his career at Schroders and subsequently held roles at Newton Investment Management, JP Morgan Asset Management as Head of Global Equities and Multi-Asset and at Deutsche Asset Management as Global Chief Investment Officer. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of RWC Partners before re-joining Schroders as Global Head of Equities in March 2013.