Mark Harries
Head of Multi-Manager
Aberdeen Asset Management

Mark is the Head of Multi-Manager and joined Aberdeen via the SWIP acquisition in April 2014.

Prior to joining Aberdeen, Mark was head of Manager Selection at SWIP where he had similar duties and was responsible for both wholesale and segregated mandates and for the management on advice on more than £11bn of assets.

Before working at SWIP, Mark was a Director and head of Multi-Manager at Cazenove where he pioneered the company’s use of multi-asset absolute return portfolios in 2001.

Mark also previously ran Managed Fund Services at both Prudential Bache and ANZ Grindlays and began work with Coutts & Co in the early 1980’s.

Mark is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Peter Mann
Panel Moderator

Peter Mann was Vice Chairman of Old Mutual Wealth until 2014. He was previously CEO of Skandia UK (2008-2012). Prior to joining Skandia, Peter was Chief Executive of Bankhall, and an active member of the AIFA panel, lobbying the FSA, ombudsman, product providers and other market participants on behalf of Bankhall members.

Bambos Hambi
Head of Fund of Fund Management
Standard Life Investments
London Seminar

Bambos joined Standard Life Investments in 2011 as Head of Fund of Fund Management. He has overall responsibility for the portfolio management of the 25 funds in Standard Life Investments’ MyFolio Funds offering. The MyFolio Funds are a family of carefully constructed risk-based portfolios, managed by Standard Life Investments, that offer clients a choice of active and passive investment strategies across five risk levels. Bambos' previous roles include Fund Manager and Head of Multi Manager at Gartmore, and Fund Manager and Head of Mulit Manager at Rothschild. Bambos has also worked with Friends Ivory & Sime, Quilter & Co Ltd and Legal & General.

James Millard
Investment Director, MyFolio Fund Solutions Team
Standard Life Investments
Non-London Seminars

James is responsible for assisting in the management of the MyFolio Fund Solutions team, developing and maintaining relationships with third party fund groups and will play a key role in the overall strategic development of the company’s MyFolio offering. Based in London, James joins the company from Old Mutual Wealth, where he held the post of Director of Investments. James increases the MyFolio Fund Solutions team to ten people, one of the largest research teams in the industry.

Caspar Rock
Chief Investment Officer
Architas

As Architas’s Chief Investment Officer, Caspar is responsible for directing all aspects of the company's investment activity, including responsibility for the structure and control of the investment function. Caspar’s role also includes the recommendation of investment strategies to other areas of the AXA business. In addition to leading the Architas investment team, Caspar, alongside Sheldon MacDonald and Stephanie Carbonneil, runs Architas's six active and five blended fund of funds.

Prior to heading up the multi-manager business at AXA Framlington, Caspar had managed directly-invested portfolios of both equities and bonds across a number of sectors during his investment career, which spans 26 years. He joined Architas in 2008 and previous roles at AXA Framlington include fund manager of the Framlington Health Fund and Head of Pan-European Core Funds. In addition to managing mainstream funds, Caspar has also run convertible and government bond arbitrage strategies. Caspar has a degree in Economic and Social Statistics from Exeter University, has completed the Investment Management programme at the London Business School and holds the IMC.

Tony Lanning
Managing Director, Fusion Fund of Funds
J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Tony Lanning joined J.P. Morgan from Henderson Global Investors, where he was Director of their Multi-Manager Business. He managed the Henderson Multi-Manager Absolute Return fund and co-managed the core Henderson Multi-Manager range of funds. Tony was the Head of the Multi Manager team at Gartmore Investment Management before it was acquired by Henderson. Prior to joining Gartmore, Tony was Head of Collectives Research at the Private Bank of Arbuthnot Latham & Co. He also spent six years as Director of Research and Investment at Origen Financial Services, managing a team of seven investment managers and analysts, and served as a member of Origen’s Executive Management Group.