Modern portfolios for intelligent investors

Non-Executive Chairman, Lord Parkinson is a Member of the House of Lords and was a Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1992, during which time he held a number of senior ministerial positions including Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Energy and Transport. He was Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1997 to 1998. A qualified chartered accountant, Lord Parkinson was a Partner in Westwake Price (City Chartered Accountants) for 10 years and is currently Chairman and Director of a number of companies including Jarvis Group Limited, Huntswood plc and Le Carbone UK Group of Companies.

Charles Aram is the Chief Executive of Henderson Rowe and the originator of the business. He started the company in 2002 after a decade of investment and managerial experience. He is an investment manager with extensive experience trading equities, derivatives and other instruments and has considerable knowledge of the ETF universe. All members of the firm are actively encouraged to contribute and participate; Charles has selected, trained and supervised teams of advisers and managers for more than a decade and places emphasis on open and honest dialogue with all, actively encouraging individuals contribution to the firm.

Giles Rowe is Henderson Rowe's co-founder and CIO. After four years at Pitman Books he joined Henry Ansbacher's UK M&A team as a publishing and media specialist, subsequently moving to Cazenove & Co where for 15 years he advised many of the UK's industrial companies, working on a variety of transactions and financings. In 2000 he joined Beeson Gregory's technology private equity unit, IndexIT, where he set up a diversification fund for entrepreneurs. In 2002 Giles started up Henderson Rowe with Charles Aram. He read PPP (Psychology and Philosophy) at Oxford and has an MBA from Cranfield. Giles is responsible for Henderson Rowe's asset allocation strategies and security selection.

Patrick Donovan is an Investment Manager with over 30 years experience of Capital Markets, bond trading and Private Banking. Following a Law degree from Oxford, he joined a leading European Bond trading house and over the next 20 years worked as a sales trader in various countries including Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Belgium and the USA. He subsequently worked with Merrill Lynch Private Bank in London for eight years.

Dominic Wright was educated at Charterhouse and graduated from University College London with a 2:1 in 2004. He began his Investment Management career with Henderson Rowe shortly afterwards.

After studying Business and French at The University of Brighton, Adam joined a London property firm, where he arranged financing for various high profile transactions for four years. Upon completion of his securities and regulatory qualifications, he traded individual equities and subsequently joined Henderson Rowe in September 2005 where he has gained a wealth of experience in private client investment management. Adam is also fluent in three languages.

Investment Manager William was educated at Marlborough College, and went on to complete a BA and an MA. Following a short stint in a London based asset management firm he moved to Henderson Rowe, attracted by the conservative asset allocation approach and systematic investment methodologies. He has also contributed to the development of cross portfolio management systems.

Ben was educated at Eton College and subsequently obtained a degree in English Literature from the University of Nottingham. He worked at Merrill Lynch in the Prime Brokerage division before joining Henderson Rowe as an Investment Manager in 2008. Ben is a Special Observer in the Honourable Artillery Company.

John graduated in Economics and Geography from University College London and then spent time as a research analyst covering politics and economics, both in the commercial and parliamentary world. He built a strong reputation teaching and tutoring economics and business related subjects up to MBA level, working internationally while also completing an MSc. John also worked as a principal trader on the European bond markets.

Darren is leading our index tracking product, the FTSE RAFI index series. He joins us from Barclays Global Investors, where he was Head of ETF Developed Market Portfolio Management running their flagship iShare funds and developing new ETF products. Previously he was an Index Fund Manager at Legal & General Investment Management, servicing both corporate pensions and segregated clients. Darren has been involved with passive tracking products since 1997 and holds a BA (Hons) in Financial Services.

Finlay joined Henderson Rowe in November 2008. After gaining an MSc in Investment Analysis from Stirling University in 1994, he started his investment career with Scottish Amicable in Glasgow. He went on to become a Chartered Financial Analyst. Finlay joined Henderson Rowe because he felt that the balance of quantitative and qualitative research within the disciplined investment process makes it more likely to meet clients expectations.

Andrew graduated from university with honors in 2002, with a 2:1 degree in Business Economics & Business Law and has been involved in the financial markets for seven years. Andrew has always concentrated his efforts on trading derivatives and is very experienced in CFD trading.

Ben graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2002 with a degree in E-Commerce and Digital Business. Having worked for a FTSE 100 company pension scheme he worked at Lovells before concentrating full time on trading. He is an experienced derivatives trader.

Birgit has degrees in Economics & International Business as well as Political Science & Public Administration. Her business career started in the insurance industry with extensive experience in corporate client relationship, and she subsequently advised politicians in the Tallinn City Government. Following as a managing director of a leisure retail group after what she worked for the leading private equity company in the Baltic area. She is one of the key members of the Index Funds Team and also involved in institutional and private wealth clients side at Henderson Rowe.

After completing his BSc in Business, James went on to gain an MSc in Financial Management at the University of Surrey. Once qualified as an Investment Adviser he built up experience in both private client broking and corporate finance. He was attracted to Henderson Rowe by their personal service orientated approach to Investment Management. James is fluent in Greek and a member of Goodwood Road Racing Club.

Toby Thomson was educated at St.Paul's school and the University of Birmingham. Toby joined Henderson Rowe in 2009 after a diverse business career including the corporate responsibility and offshore investment sectors. He is an acomplished sportsman having played rugby and boxed at county and semi-professional level.

Artur joined Henderson Rowe in October 2008 as an analyst. His qualification include: Msc in Psychology from Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Msc in International Business from highly ranked Grenoble Ecole de Management, diploma in Financial Modeling and Investment Management Certificate. Artur's previous employers include Saatchi&Saatchi and Polish Ministry of Finance.