He has promoted and led debate on how private banks and asset management groups must match customer needs. He moderates panels on financial, business and cultural issues in Europe, the US and Asia, has reported from developing markets including Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Russia and Ukraine and writes a regular column for FTfm, the fund management section of the FT newspaper. He studied Investment Management at the London Business School.

Mr Bjorkman was previously with ABB Investment Management, where he was a senior portfolio manager responsible for global and regional equity portfolios and a member of the global asset allocation committee. 

He has over 20 years of experience of the asset management industry, having held positions in New York, London and Stockholm. After working in different parts of the asset management "value chain", he is particularly interested in further developing SEB's solutions-oriented business model together with partner firms.

She was Vice Chairman and Strategy Director at Saatchi & Saatchi in its most successful period, and over fifteen years was London CEO and then Chairman at Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy. She now has a portfolio of directorships, including as chair of BrandCap, the brand consultancy for the boardroom. 

Ms Clifton speaks around the world on subjects as diverse as innovation, personal branding, branding in the digital age, communicating sustainability, and women on boards – as well as how to become one of the world’s most valuable brands in any sector. She is also passionate about her not for profit board roles, particularly in the environmental and community sectors.

He is Past Chairman of the Independent Pension Trustee Group, and has served on the Accounting Standards Board Pensions Advisory Panel. He was Honorary Treasurer and President of the Council of the Pensions Management Institute, and was previously Chairman of the PMI Eastern Region Group. Mr Cobley was International Benefits Director for Fisons plc and Manager, International Consulting with Mercer. Before joining Fisons, he worked for Rank Xerox as International Benefits Manager, and he became an international benefits consultant, after working for two insurance companies. 

As well as being a Fellow of the PMI, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and an Associate of the Society of Actuaries. He contributes articles to technical journals and is a frequent speaker or chairman at Conferences and Seminars.

Before joining the Dutch group in 1990, he was an economist at the OFCE, a French forecasting institute, belonging to the state-owned “Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques”.

Prior, Mr Duval was managing director and head of Russell’s institutional investors business in the EMEA region. Before moving to London in 2001, he was managing director of the French office in Paris and director of Russell’s consulting and analytical services operations in France.

Prior to Russell, he worked for Wyatt Paris from 1989 to 1994 as a consultant in the company’s newly created asset consulting department. He spent one year with Eurospet Associés, an organisation and information systems consulting firm. Mr Duval had previously worked as a commodity trader on physical and futures markets for Riz et Denrées, an international commodity trading company.

Before joining Barclays, Mr Gregson was at UBS Wealth Management. He joined UBS from Citigroup Private Bank where he worked in London and Geneva. He began his career at Insinger de Beaufort in Amsterdam as a Portfolio Manager. He holds a BSc in Biology with European Studies from Nottingham University.

His previous role at UniCredit was Head of Product and Marketing for the Italian Private Banking business. He also worked for Banca Mediolanum as Head of Products, as well for Credito Italiano. During the early 1990s , Mr Lacalamita served as assistant professor at the University of Economics and Business in Rome. He recently wrote a psychological novel, published in 2011. He holds a BA on Economic and Business from LUISS University, Rome.

Prior to his current role, he headed the Multi-Asset investment group from 2008 to 2011, the Tokyo office of Schroders as Country Head from 2004 until 2008 and the Structured Investments team in London from 2000 to 2004. He transferred from J. Henry Schroders & Co. Ltd to Schroder Investment Management Limited in 2000. Mr McLaughlin has a Doctorate in Mathematics from University of Oxford.

Mr Pietribiasi was previously responsible for product development of funds and insurance products, distributed in Italy, Germany and Spain and he also oversaw the selection and the relationships with external investment advisors. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Irish Association of Investment Managers and member of the Council of IFSC Ireland, and is part of the Taoiseach (“Irish Prime Minister”) Department Working Groups for the Funds and Asset Management. 

He started his career in investment management in Mediolanum Gestione Fondi in Milan and prior to that he worked in one of the leading legal and fiscal practices in Italy. Mr Pietribiasi holds a BA in Finance and Economics.

Mr Rajan is a visiting professor at the Cass Business School, London Metropolitan University, Centre for Leadership Studies at Exeter University, President of the Scientific Committee at Audencia – Nantes Ecole de Management in France, and on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. In 1998 he was awarded the Aspen Institute’s Prize in leadership. It is a subject on which he has done extensive research involving some of today’s outstanding business leaders. In two resulting publications, he has developed a close link between leadership, strategy and the emerging business models. His work has proved so influential that he now provides leadership coaching to Chief Executives, executive committees and investment specialists in different companies.

During his 13 year with Invesco, Mr Trezzi has covered different roles and projects, including European Strategic Distributors initiatives since 2010, and the launch of the European PowerShares ETF initiatives from 2007 to 2010. He was also the representative for Continental Europe in the Offshore Product Development Worldwide Committee in 2003. Previously, Mr Trezzi worked at Crédit Agricole Indosuez and JP Morgan, in both Investment Banking and Investment Management. He is a member of the Assogestioni board (Italian Mutual Fund Association) and AIPB (Italian Private banking Association) where he joined the Financial Market and Real Estate Committee. 

Previously, Mr Ventre worked as a broker for ADM Investor Services International, specialising in trading commodities and equity volatility, latterly moving to the buy side as a partner in a start-up private client investment management firm. For several years he taught the Derivatives module of the MSc in International Banking and Finance for Liverpool Business School. He holds a BA (Hons) from Peterhouse, Cambridge and an MA (Cantab), the Investment Management Certificate, as well as Futures and Options Representative qualifications.