SPRING INVESTMENT SEMINARS 2026

Matt Frei is an acclaimed British-German television journalist, news presenter, interviewer and author, renowned for his global reporting and analysis. He currently serves as Presenter for Channel 4 News in the UK and hosts a Saturday morning talk show on LBC Radio. He is revered as one of the most distinguished broadcast journalists in the UK whose international career has spanned some of the most significant global news events, amassing countless awards and industry recognition.

Alex is responsible for screening and researching stock ideas from the Global Energy and Industrials Universe and providing insight into macro events and themes which will influence the sectors.

Alex joined Sarasin & Partners in January 2017. Prior to joining Sarasin, Alex was employed at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) for 16 years as a global industrials and energy equity and commodity analyst and portfolio manager.

Before joining the GIC he was an analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein for five years. He covered the EU building and materials sector. Alex‘s career started in the city after graduating at National Provident Institution (NPI) as a UK fund manager.

Henrietta is responsible for the management of UK and international portfolios.

Prior to joining Sarasin & Partners in June 2020, she worked at a family office in London. Henrietta graduated with a BA in History and Politics from the University of Birmingham. Henrietta holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC), the CII Level 1 Diploma in Financial Planning and the Level 7 Chartered Wealth management qualification.

Richard joined Sarasin & Partners in 1992. He is a Senior Partner and a member of the Executive Committee, focussing on strategic investment, client management, and new business initiatives. He was Head of Charities between 2003 and 2023.

Specialising in managing multi-asset portfolios, he was responsible for growing our CAIFs from under £50m to over £3bn. Richard wrote and edited the Compendium of Investment over the past 20 years and has lectured at The Judge (Cambridge), the University of Vienna and the University of Stellenbosch. He developed our Trustee Training initiatives and is the Chairman of the St Paul’s Cathedral Investments Committee.

Guy Monson, Chief Market Strategist and Senior Partner of Sarasin & Partners LLP, has over 35 years of investment experience having joined the company in 1984. In 1988, he became manager of Sarasin’s flagship GlobalSar (now Multi Asset) family of balanced investment funds, winning awards for investment performance and risk profile. He has pioneered the use of thematic investment in the management of global equity portfolios and today leads the firm’s global investment and markets strategy for a wide range of charitable, endowment and private clients.

Guy writes regularly in the international financial press and appears on Bloomberg and other financial channels. He is also a member of the London School of Economics IDEAS Advisory Board and a Foundation Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.

Melanie joined Sarasin & Partners in 2011 and was appointed Head of Charities in January 2023. She has over 25 years’ investment experience and is responsible for the management of charity and private client portfolios.

Prior to joining Sarasin & Partners, Melanie spent 16 years at Newton Investment Management. She qualified with a degree in Modern Languages from Durham University and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. Melanie is also a Non-Executive Director of the BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust.

Tom Santa-Olalla is a Senior Associate Partner with over 15 years of industry experience, responsible for managing discretionary portfolios for charities, foundations and endowments.

He was previously a senior investment specialist at Close Brothers Asset Management and prior to that he advised high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals across all facets of wealth management at HSBC Private Bank.

He is a Chartered Wealth Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.

Subitha is Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy at Sarasin & Partners, where she helps clients translate global macroeconomic trends into actionable investment strategy. She regularly shares her insights as a speaker on Bloomberg and the BBC, offering clear perspectives on the complex issues shaping markets.

Prior to joining Sarasin, Subitha worked at UBS in Zurich as a Senior Economist for Asia in Global Markets Research and subsequently as a Macroeconomist for Asia in Sovereign Research.

Subitha holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College, as well as an MA and PhD from Duke University.

Helena joined Sarasin and Partners LLP in October 2020. She started her career at Rathbones in 2018, following the completion of her BSc (Hons) degree in Economics and Management from the University of Bristol.

Helena is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI), having achieved the CISI Level 4 Investment Advice Diploma in 2019.