Meet the team
Get to know the professionals in our investment team and our board of directors
Ben Ritchie
Head of Developed Markets Equities
Ben Ritchie is Head of Developed Markets Equities at Aberdeen and originally joined the company in 2002 as a graduate. Ben graduated with a BA (Hons) in Modern History and Politics from Pembroke College, University of Oxford and is a CFA Charterholder and an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Rebecca Maclean
Investment Director
Howard Williams
Chairman
Howard Williams has over 35 years of fund management experience and was, until October 2017, Chief Investment Officer, and Head of the Global Equity Team at JPMorgan Asset Management. Prior to joining JPMorgan Asset Management in 1994, he held a number of senior positions at Shell Pensions and Kleinwort Benson Asset Management. He started his career at James Capel & Co. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Strategic Equity Capital plc and Lifesight Limited and is Chairman of Schroders Unit Trust Limited. He is the Senior Independent Director.
Christine Montgomery
Non-Executive Director
Gay Collins
Non-Executive Director
Arun Kumar Sarwal
Non-Executive Director
Arun Kumar Sarwal has broad experience of global equities and fund management with over 35 years in the UK, Europe, and Asia. He is a Board Advisor to Tumelo and a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of JPMorgan European Discovery Trust plc. His previous roles include CEO of Broadridge Fund Communication Solutions, Senior Vice President of SS&C Technologies, COO and CFO at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and global roles at ABN AMRO and Societe Generale Investment Limited. He is a Chartered Accountant and is Chair of the Audit Committee.