US investors

Alex is Head of Sarasin Bread Street, Sarasin & Partners’ private markets business, where he is a Partner. He previously co-founded Bread Street Capital Partners and held senior investing roles at Janus Henderson, Aberdeen Standard Investments (now abrdn) and Deutsche Asset Management.

He became Head of Private Equity at Aberdeen in 2009, and subsequently Global Head of Private Markets Investment Oversight. He has managed several investment companies (Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd; Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc) and has run portfolios for corporates, local authorities and endowments.

Alex is an Alderman of the City of London, has held various non-executive directorships and chaired multiple governance structures including the City’s Audit & Risk committee.

Holding an MA in Economics and Accountancy from Aberdeen University, Alex has passed Säid Business School’s Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme and is an associate member of the UK CISI.

Oliver joined Sarasin & Partners in September 2008 having previously spent his 20-year fund management career at HSBC (formerly James Capel & Co) where he was Head of Charities. In addition to managing charity portfolios, he sits on the Corporate Responsibility Committee. Oliver is a Trustee for the Hume Castle Preservation Trust, having previously been a trustee of I CAN, a specialist speech and language charity for children with communication difficulties, as well as the Prostate Cancer Research Centre. He is an Associate of the Securities Institute and is on the Board of the Charity Investors’ Group (CIG).

Jamie joined Sarasin & Partners in 1996 and was Head of our Private Client Department for over 20 years up until September 2025. Jamie is also CEO of Sarasin Asset Management, our subsidiary company specialising in US clients. Jamie joined the City in 1987 and spent several years at NCL Investments prior to joining Sarasin.

Jamie has a MA Hons in Modern Languages from Cambridge University, PCIAM (the Private Client Investment Advice and Management certificate), IMC (Investment Management Certificate) and is a Stock Exchange Registered Representative.

Christopher joined Sarasin & Partners in 2015. He focuses on distributing Sarasin & Partners collectives throughout Discretionary and Advisory businesses as well as Sarasin’s Outsource Solution for IFAs. Previously Christopher worked at Baring Asset Management and Skandia UK where he undertook various roles including Head of Third Party Distribution and Specialist in Investment Marketing respectively. Prior to this Christopher was a Sales Manager at National Provident Institution.

Christopher holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and a Diploma in Financial Planning.

With more than 30 years’ investment experience, Phil joined Sarasin & Partners in 2013 as head of the multi-asset team. In 2022, Phil was promoted to Chief Investment Officer of multi-asset.

Before joining Sarasin, Phil worked at Newton Investment Management, where he was chief investment officer of the private clients and charities division. He has also held investment management roles at Capital House and Leopold Joseph.

Phil is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Ruadhri has over 20 years in the fund management industry where he has operated as both a fund manager and a charity trustee. After leaving the Army he started work with Leopold Joseph and Sons where he completed his fund management exams. In 1999 he moved to Newton Investment Management, where he worked within the charities department for over 12 years, managing charitable funds. Ruadhri is an associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and holds a number of charity trusteeships

Prior to joining Sarasin & Partners, Colm was a global equities analyst/portfolio manager at the West Midlands Pension Fund. He previously spent over 5 years in investment consulting at Willis Towers Watson and Hymans Robertson.

Colm graduated from Smurfit School of Business, Dublin with a MSc. in Finance and has been a CFA® charterholder since 2014.