Anne Richards
Anne Richards is the Vice Chair of Fidelity International, where she helps the organization with its key external relationships and strategic partnerships. Richards is one of the most senior women in the UK's funds industry and a strong proponent of ESG investing. She has over three decades of experience as an analyst, portfolio manager, and CIO in the financial sector with global names including JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Aberdeen Asset Management and M&G Investments. She has also done research analysis, portfolio management, and asset allocation with a number of blue-chip companies.
Anne Richards Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Vice Chair
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Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer
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Executive Director
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Vice President
Academic History
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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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B.S., Electronics and Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Director, Eight Roads
Chair, TheCityUK
Ambassador, Women on Boards
Member, Temasek European Advisory Panel
Board of Trustees, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Board of Directors, Institute of International Finance
Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
EARLY CAREER
Richards is a Chartered Engineer and began her career as a Research Fellow at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.
She served as the CEO of M&G Investments and Director of its parent company, Prudential plc.
She was Global CIO, Head of EMEA and Director of Aberdeen Asset Management, as well as Co-CEO and Director of Edinburgh Fund Managers Plc.
She is a former Chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Practitioner Panel and was appointed a Board Member of the Institute of International Finance.
RECOGNITIONS
2023 CMI Lifetime Achievement Award
2021 Dame Commander
2021 FN Industry Leader of the Year
2015 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2014 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
2014 100 Women in Hedge Funds European Industry Leadership Award
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Richards has been featured or quoted in Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, Fortune, and Yahoo! Finance.
She has also been featured in Blockworks and Real Vision.