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.