Stuart is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of the c. USD130 billion AuM HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. In addition, Stuart is the Global Head of Strategy for HSBC Global Asset Management, the c. USD600 billion asset manager of the HSBC Group, responsible for its strategy, M&A and corporate management activities. Stuart is a member of the Global Management Committee, the Global Leadership team and the Global Risk Management Committee. Stuart is the accountable executive for the HSBC Global Asset Management’s global Diversity Equity & Inclusion programme including 11 workstreams and over 250 volunteers across 14 countries.
Stuart is a Board Director of HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd and Hang Seng Investment Management Ltd in Hong Kong. Stuart is also a Trustee Director of the c.£37 billion HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Limited (HSBC Bank UK DB & DC Pension schemes), and is chair of the Trust’s Investment Committee.
Stuart has been with HSBC since 2010 and prior to that he worked at Insight Investment for 5 years and started his investment management career at Threadneedle Asset Management in the 1998.
Stuart graduated with a BSc honours degree in Chemistry and European Studies (German) from the University of Sussex and the University of Freiburg. He holds a MBA from London Business School, holds the CFA Investment Management Certificate, CFA ESG in Investing Certificate and the PMI Award in Pension Trusteeship. Stuart is on the Advisory Board of the UK’s Diversity Project and a member of the CEO committee. Stuart is also a member of the UK Investment Association’s Trade & Investment committee.