Institutional investment

Heather is Managing Director, Institutional Business and a member of the GHAM Board.

Prior to joining Gresham House, Heather spent seven years at Fidelity International, latterly as Head of Institutional Distribution for UK & Ireland. She also previously held business development and client relationship positions at BankInvest, Capital International and Gartmore where she focussed on U.K & Ireland and Nordic institutional investors.

Heather has over 25 years of financial experience and holds a BA (Hons) in Politics from Durham University and the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK.

Alastair joined Gresham House in 2023 and is responsible for growing and maintaining relationships with institutional asset owners and consultants.

Alastair has over 15 years’ experience working with institutional investors. Prior to Gresham House, Alastair worked at Ninety One where he was responsible for business development with UK institutions. Prior to Ninety One, Alastair held business development and client management positions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focussing on the UK and Ireland.

Alastair holds a BA in Management Studies from Nottingham University, the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing and is a CFA charter holder.

Keisha-Ann joined Gresham House in November 2020 as part of the Institutional Sales team and is responsible for institutional business development and consultant relations, fundraising across Gresham House’s Real Assets strategies.

Prior to Gresham House, she spent five years at quantitative investment manager, Winton, where she was responsible for investor relations coverage of investment consultants and Winton’s global institutional and wholesale clients including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, investment banks, family offices and endowments.

Keisha-Ann holds a BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Leeds.

Jamie joined Gresham House in October 2022 as a Client Services Associate within our Institutional Distribution team.

He previously spent five years at Cazenove, the wealth management arm of Schroders as a Client Services Executive within their Charities team. Prior to that, Jamie worked within the UK Retail Sales team at Schroders.

Jamie holds the CFA Institute Investment Foundations Certificate and Unit 1 of the IMC.

Claire joined Gresham House in August 2023 as Head of Business Development in the UK and Irish Institutional market.

Prior to Gresham House, Claire worked at Schroders for ten years and held positions as Head of Sustainability UK and Co-Head of the UK Institutional Business.

Claire started her career at M&G Investments, before moving to Baring Asset Management where she spent 11 years with the last six years in a UK Institutional Business Development role.

Claire is IMC qualified and has obtained the CFA ESG certificate.

Ben is Head of Institutional Business, and joined Gresham House in May 2024.

Prior to joining the firm Ben was the EMEA Commercial Officer at Cambridge Associates, where he was responsible for Business Development & Marketing focussing on Institutional investors, Endowment & Foundations and Family Offices. Before, joining Cambridge Associates, Ben spent 18 years at Mercer Investments in several leadership roles including European Head of Mercer Sentinel and the UK Head of Fiduciary Management. In his previous roles Ben has been responsible for developing propositions across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, including spending time as the Head of Mercer’s Middle East business based in Dubai.

Ben holds a MSc in Accounting and Finance from DeMonfort University and a BSc (Econ) in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Buckingham. He is also a qualified Actuary, has passed the Investment Management Certificate and has over 20 years-experience in the financial industry.

David joined Gresham House in June 2023 as an RFP Analyst within our Institutional Distribution team. He is responsible for ensuring the consistency and quality of the firm’s investment proposal content and processes as well as contributing to the production of marketing materials.

David has over 15 years of experience within financial services distribution, having worked with a number of global fund management firms as an investment and RFP writer and business manager.

He holds an MA (Hons) in Modern Languages from the University of St Andrews and the Investment Management Certificate.

Harry joined Gresham House in December 2023 as an Analyst in the Institutional Sales team.

Prior to this he completed a 3-month internship with the team.

He holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Geography from Durham University having graduated in 2022.

Liz joined Gresham House from Legal & General Investment Management, where she was an Investment Reporting Analyst working with Institutional clients.

Prior to Legal & General, Liz held roles as a Client Service Analyst at Wellington Management, covering the Global Wealth channel in Europe and Asia, and as an Investor Relations Specialist at NewSmith Asset Management.

Liz holds the Investment Management Certificate and has a BA in French & Spanish from University College London.