Speakers
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Danielle Vrublevskis Senior Engagement and Network Manager - ShareAction
After working in financial services and the civil service, Danielle joined ShareAction and was involved for several years in producing investor benchmarks. She currently runs two networks aimed at educating, informing and empowering asset owners - the Charities Responsible Investment Network and the Responsible Investment Network – Universities.
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Tim Gooding Climate Specialist Director - Ballie Gifford
Tim joined Baillie Gifford in 2010 and is a climate specialist director in the Clients Department. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, he spent two years as an Inter-Dealer Broker, dealing in equity derivatives on the primary European indices. Before this, Tim spent seven years as a British Army Officer, serving initially as a Commander in the Infantry before transferring to Military Intelligence. He undertook three six-month tours of Iraq and spent 18 months peacekeeping in Northern Ireland. Tim graduated MA (Hons) in Economics and International Relations from the University of St Andrews in 2001.
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Clare Erskine-Murray Client Relationship Director - Ballie Gifford
Clare is a client relationship director with responsibility for a number of UK-based clients, including many charities, foundations and endowments, investing in a range of strategies. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford in 2012, she worked as a European Equity broker at Credit Agricole Cheuvreux and at Cazenove & Co, both in London and New York. Clare graduated BA (Hons) in French from the University of Durham in 1992 and holds a postgraduate diploma from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.
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Ashley Manning Brown Head of Investor Solutions - Pluto Finance
Ashley, with over 20 years of experience in the field, joined Pluto in 2023 as the Head of UK Investor Solutions. In this role, Ashley takes a solutionbased approach to building and fostering investor relationships.
Before joining Pluto, Ashley spent 15 years at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where he served as institutional director and head of consultant relations in the UK. In this capacity, he played a pivotal role in managing client and consultant relationships, driving business development, and ensuring successful commercial outcomes for a diverse clientele comprising DB, DC, LGPS, charities, foundations, insurance providers, and endowments. Prior to this, Ashley worked on the Fixed Income trading desks at JPMorgan and BNP Paribas
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Robert Swift Head of Investor Relations - Pluto Finance
Robert is Head of Investor Relations at Pluto Finance, with responsibility for managing investor relationships and for fundraising.
Since joining Pluto in 2018, Robert has closed Funds VI, VII, VIII, with capital raising ongoing for Pluto Finance’s evergreen lending vehicles and for coinvestment opportunities.
Prior to Pluto Finance, Robert held a similar role for eight years at Stirling Square Capital Partners, a pan-European private equity firm, delivering the final close of Fund II and the entire Fund III. Prior to that, he was a managing director in the investment bank at HSBC, having worked in both real estate and infrastructure finance over a 20 career at the bank
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Chris Elliot CIO & Portfolio Manager - Evenlode
Chris Elliott is a Portfolio Manager on the Evenlode Global Equity and Global Income strategies teams and joined Evenlode in 2015. Prior to Evenlode, Chris worked as a senior software engineer.
Chris graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Mathematics and Economics. He is a fully qualified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
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Jonnie Quinn Sales Representative – UK Discretionary - Evenlode
Jonnie is a member of the Spring Capital UK sales team with responsibility for many of our key discretionary clients in London. He joined Spring Capital in 2017 from Alliance Trust Investments, where he worked for 4 years covering discretionary clients and IFAs.
Spring Capital is the appointed sales team for Evenlode Investment.
