The Judging Panel

The 2009 judging panel is below:

Lawrence Gosling
Editorial Director at Investment Week & Chair of the judging panel
Lawrence Gosling is the group editorial director of Incisive Media and the founding editor of Investment Week, for which he stills writes a weekly column, Gosling's Grouse. He was also the launch editor of IFAonline, and Mortgage Solutions, Cover and Bloomberg Money magazines, and one of the original judges for the Gold Standards.

Rob Kingsbury
Managing editor, Investment Week, Professional Adviser, IFAonline, International Investment
Rob has worked as a finance and business journalist for 15 years. He has edited titles across a range of areas including telecoms, pharmaceuticals, South African business, and custody and fund administration. He was the founding editor of Mortgage Magazine.
Rob has edited Professional Adviser since its inception in 2001. He was appointed to his current position in November 2008.

Robert Burdett
Joint Head, Multi-Manager Division, Thames River
Robert Burdett and Gary Potter head the multi-manager division at Thames River. They left Credit Suisse last year after joining in August 2001. Before that, Robert was at Rothschild Asset Management Ltd (RAM) where he was a main board director. At RAM he was also jointly responsible for a multi-manager business with approx USD 1.8bn under management. He has 17 years investment experience, over ten of which have been in the multi-manager field, and holds a diploma from the Securities & Investment Institute.

Gary Potter
Joint Head, Multi-Manager Division, Thames River
Gary Potter and Robert Burdett head the multi-manager division at Thames River. They left Credit Suisse last year after joining in August 2001. Before that, Gary was at Rothschild Asset Management Ltd (RAM) where he was a main board director. At RAM he was also jointly responsible for a multi-manager business with approx USD 1.8bn under management. He has over 20 years investment experience, of which over ten have been involved with multi-manager, prior to which his responsibilities extended to private client fund management with specific focus on asset allocation and stock research. He is an associate member of the Securities & Investment Institute.

John Chatfeild-Roberts
Director of Jupiter International Group plc
John Chatfeild-Roberts has been head of the Jupiter Independent Funds Team since March 2001. He is responsible, together with Peter Lawery and Algy Smith-Maxwell, for managing some £740m in long only and long/short portfolios. Prior to joining Jupiter, John spent six years as head of the fund of funds team at Lazard Asset Management and between 1989 and 1995, managed multi-manager portfolios at Henderson Global Investors. John, who is 42, studied economics at Durham University and is a Fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute.

John Husselbee
Chief Executive at North
John Husselbee has accumulated over 20 years investment experience, with 15 of those years spent running multi-manager portfolios. He spent 10 years at Henderson Global Investors, where he was director of multi-manager investment. Previously, he was director of multi-manager at Rothschild Asset Management. In August 2005, John launched North, a company created to work in partnership with firms looking to develop their own multi-manager services. The multi-manager range of funds at City Financial are amongst a number of fund mandates.

Linda-Jane Coffin
Director, Fund Research at Standard & Poor’s
Linda-Jane has over 20 years experience in fund research. She joined Standard & Poor’s in 1991, having held positions at Reed Stenhouse Gibbs International, and Jardine Investment Management. Linda-Jane has a BSc in Economics and Politics from Exeter University. She is qualified in investment analysis, portfolio management and FSA compliance.

Mark Dampier
Head of Research at Hargreaves Lansdown
Mark Dampier has been in financial services since 1983 and has considerable experience in financial planning and investment. His views are often quoted in national newspapers and he is a regular contributor on radio and television financial spots.

Richard Romer-Lee
Research Director at OBSR
Richard Romer-Lee is one of the founders of OBSR and has overall responsibility for investment research and investment consultancy. Richard has over 20 years of industry experience and has been involved in investment manager appraisal and selection since 1994.

Judging Panel for the Active, Balanced and Cautious Managed Awards

An external panel is used in this company comprising of:

Richard Romer-Lee, OBSR
Mark Dampier, Hargreaves Lansdown

Alongside

Rob Kingsbury, Editor, Investment Week
Lawrence Gosling, Editorial Director, Incisive Media