Fund Boards Council

Meet our Advisory Council

WHO WE WORK WITH

Meet our Advisory Council

FBC’s Advisory Council is a group of senior industry professionals which FBC confers with to ensure our membership and services provide appropriate, actionable and useful support to our members and clients 

Stewart Aldcroft

Chairman, Cititrust Limited

Stewart recently retired from Citi’s Securities Services business where he served for 10 years. He is now an Independent Fund Management Industry Consultant, able to provide advice, guidance and strategies for global as well as local fund management firms. In particular Stewart can advise on market entry strategies for China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and other Asian markets.

Stewart was previously Chairman of Cititrust Limited and also Senior Advisor for Citi’s Securities Services business. In this role, he was responsible for assisting the business to develop new initiatives and grow its client-base and reach across Asia Pacific, advising global fund manager clients on accessing the Asian region.

Stewart Aldcroft
Chairman, Cititrust Limited
David butcher

David Butcher

Member of the Master Trust Board and Independent Governance Committee at Scottish Widows

David has more than 40 years’ experience in the pensions and investment industry. He has been a Chief Executive Officer three times including at Invesco Pensions and both the retail and intermediary divisions of Flemings/Save & Prosper, now part of JP Morgan Asset Management.

He has substantial governance experience having served on 16 different boards over 30 years. His non-executive experience includes being an iNED at BlackRock Pensions, a Trustee Director of the Legal & General Master Trust, and currently a Trustee Director of the Master Trust and Member of the Independent Governance Committee at Scottish Widows. He has been a member of the Investment Committee at BlackRock and Legal & General, the Risk Committee at Legal & General and is currently chair designate of the Risk Committee at Scottish Widows.

David butcher
David Butcher
Member of the Master Trust Board and Independent Governance Committee at Scottish Widows
Martyn Gilbey

Martyn Gilbey

Senior Director & UK Country Head, Franklin Templeton Investment Management

Martyn is responsible for providing the strategy, leadership and management of Franklin Templeton’s overall business operations for the UK. He is also chair of the board of Franklin Templeton Fund Management Ltd and Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in August 2017, Martyn worked for Aberdeen Asset Management, managing the UK Distribution business covering Retail, Institutional and Captive channels. Martyn has also worked for a number of asset managers and both in the UK and overseas in Asia Pacific and the Americas, including Barclays, Insight Investment, SWIP and Aberdeen.

Martyn Gilbey
Martyn Gilbey
Senior Director & UK Country Head, Franklin Templeton Investment Management
Chris Turpin

Chris Turpin

Non-Executive Director and Former Managing Director of First Sentier Investors (FSI) for the UK, Europe & Middle East

We are pleased to announce that Chris Turpin, a global asset management professional with over 25 years industry experience, has joined the Fund Board Council’s (FBC) Advisory Council. As many of you will know FBC’s Advisory Council is a voluntary group of senior industry professionals with whom FBC confers to ensure our corporate membership and services provide appropriate, actionable and useful support to you, our members and clients.

Chris started his career in asset management advisory at PwC before moving to work as a Director of Product Management at Northern Trust Asset Management in 2000. In 2003 Chris joined First Sentier Investors (FSI) where he spent the next 18+ years in a variety of senior, global executive roles. For over 8 years Chris was Managing Director, EMEA and a member of FSI’s Global Executive Committee. He also had Global Executive oversight responsibility at different times for Corporate Development, Product Management and Development, Responsible Investment and Marketing. Chris has been a member of the Advisory Council of the Investment Association (IA), a Senior Sponsor of the Investment Leaders Group of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), a member of TheCityUK’s International Trade & Industry Group (ITIG) and a Board Director of the Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC). He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Socioeconomic Taskforce for Financial and Professional Services. 

Chris is a highly experienced corporate board, pooled fund and pension fund director as well as an active charity trustee with a proven track record of developing strong governance on boards. He was Chair of FSI’s UK Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) Board from 2013 to 2021 and has direct governance experience of pooled funds in multiple jurisdictions in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. He is also passionate about developing optimal board composition and the importance of diversity and inclusion for board effectiveness.

Chris is an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP), a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), a Regular Member of the CFA Institute and holds an MA (Tons) from The University of Edinburgh.

The members of the Advisory Council provide us with important professional insight and have done since day one of FBC. As FBC matures as an organisation, with the expansion in our services to now span membership, consultancy and training as well as a greater cross-border focus, the members of our Advisory Council will continue to be an invaluable support. 

Chris’s experience will be a great asset and we are delighted that he has agreed to be a member of our Advisory Council.

Chris Turpin
Chris Turpin
Non-Executive Director and Former Managing Director of First Sentier Investors (FSI) for the UK, Europe & Middle East
Philip Warland

Philip Warland

Chair of FBC’s Advisory Council, Senior Adviser, Kreab, Brussels

Philip Warland spent the first part of his career in the Bank of England. He was the Governor’s Private Secretary, Adviser on Oil and Energy and Chief Press Officer amongst other roles. After a brief time with Standard Chartered the rest of his career has been in asset management. First as head of the trade association, now the IA. Then with PWC, and a head-hunter Halsey, and finally with Fidelity where he was Head of Public Policy.

Currently he is a part time adviser to a Brussels based policy consultant, Kreab. He also was the founding chairman of the Oasis Trust which, amongst other things manages fifty two City Academies and works in eleven countries worldwide.

Philip Warland
Philip Warland
Chair of FBC’s Advisory Council, Senior Adviser, Kreab, Brussels
Susan Wyderko

Susan Ferris Wyderko

Former President/CEO of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum

Susan Ferris Wyderko is the former President/CEO of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, an independent membership organization serving the independent directors of US mutual funds. The Forum enhances the governance of mutual funds by educating independent directors and providing them with a voice in the key policy issues affecting mutual funds and their shareholders.

Prior to joining the Forum as Executive Director in 2006, she held various senior positions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission including the Director of the Office of Investor Education and Assistance, as well as the Acting Director of the Division of Investment Management.

Susan is a former member of the Investor Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was formed to advise the Commission in its mission to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.  She is also a past chair of the National Adjudicatory Council, a FINRA committee that reviews initial decisions rendered in FINRA disciplinary and membership proceedings.

Susan Wyderko
Susan Ferris Wyderko
Former President/CEO of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum