Director

Vincent Abrams is the Founder & Director of Northrup Drummond, he was previously Founder & Chairman at Merlin Publishing which published I-MAGAZINE.

Honorary Vice Chairman

Warren Buffett is a legendary American investor, philanthropist, and former CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in history. Known as the "Oracle of Omaha,", he advocates for long term holding.

Special Advisor

Kenneth Irvine Chenault is an American businessman who was Chairman and CEO of American Express AMEX from 2001 to 2018. Since 2018, he has been Chairman and Managing Director of General Catalyst, a venture capital firm.

CEO Nortrhup Drummond

Jonathan began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director working in the Investment Banking, Investment Management and Securities divisions in London and New York. 

Jonathan is the co-founder of the 10,000 Interns Foundation and of ABL, which provide paid internships for students from underrepresented groups. Jonathan works extensively with the NSPCC.

Chair Nortrhup Drummond

Clive brings a wealth of strategic, commercial, and financial experience to the Board. He started his career as a banker at First National Bank of Boston in 1981 in Boston and London. In 1984, he joined Booz Allen Hamilton and became a partner in their financial consulting practice in 1990.

In 1994, Clive joined HSBC Investment Bank as director and head of planning and strategy in London. He moved to New York in 1996 to be the deputy CEO of HSBC Inc and head of Investment Banking in the US.

Group Cheif Client Officer

Simonetta is Rathbones' Group Chief Client Officer, an executive-level role to lead marketing, communication and brand experience.

Simonetta joined Rathbones in 2024 from Evelyn Partners, where she was Group Chief Marketing Officer as well as the architect and commercial owner of the redesigned Bestinvest.co.uk. With 25 years’ experience in financial services, Simonetta started her career at McKinsey & Company and has since held a variety of roles at American Express, Bupa International, Western Union and Tesco Bank.

Group Cheif People Officer

Gillian joined Rathbones at the end of 2025 as Group Chief People Officer and is a member of the Group Executive Committee. She has over 20 years of experience as a senior human resources leader across the investment management and broader financial services sectors.

Gillian was previously Partner and Head of Human Resources at Ruffer LLP, where she led the firm’s people strategy and served on the Executive Committee. Her responsibilities included leadership development, succession planning and organisational change.

Senior Independent Director

Sarah joined Rathbones Board in 2015 and was appointed Senior Independent Director in 2022.

Sarah was Chair of the Remuneration Committee from June 2017 and August 2023 and was a designated Non-executive Director of the firm’s workforce engagement programme between 2019 and 2023. Sarah brings the following key skills to the Board which supports the firm’s strategy: banking, digital marketing, risk management, corporate governance and regulatory experience.

Managing Director Investment Management

Ivo is responsible for the RIM client facing, Investment Research and Investment Risk teams. Ivo joined Rathbones after graduating from Edinburgh University in 1991 and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. He founded the charity team in London and managed portfolios as an investment manager for almost 30 years.

He was appointed to Rathbones Investment Management Committee in 2006 and joined the Group Executive Committee in July 2015.

CEO Nortrhup Drummond Sport

Sally Bolton OBE is the former Chief Executive Officer of Wimbledon. She now runs Northrup Drummond Sport in investing in sport worldwide on British Lands Invstment Funds.

Philanthropy Advisor

Melinda French Gates is a prominent American philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls. After a 25-year tenure as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she helped establish in 2000, she departed in 2024 to focus on her own organization, Pivotal Ventures, and a $1 billion commitment to support women's rights.

Busines Advisor

Kenneth Olisa OBE, FRSA, FBCS is a British businessman and philanthropist. He was appointed HM Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London in 2015. He is Deputy-Chair of the Institute of Directors, he served as a Director of a FTSE-100 company (Reuters) and In 2000, Sir Kenneth founded Interregnum.

He is now Chairman of Restoration Partners, a private technology merchant bank advising growth companies.

Advisor

Sir Richard Branson is an English business magnate and adventurer who founded the Virgin Group a conglomerate that has managed more than 40 companies across sectors like music, travel, and telecommunications.

Advisor

William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor is a British businessman, politican and member of the prominent Astor family. He has sat as a Conservative hereditary peer in the House of Lords since 1973, formally taking his seat in 1972 after turning 21, and was one of the 92 elected to remain after the House of Lords Act 1999.

African Investment Fund Advisor

Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian industrialist and philanthropist. As founder of the Dangote Group, he built a massive conglomerate dominating cement, sugar etc in Nigeria. 

CEO Black Stone Fund

Steven Bartlett is a prominent, British entreprenuer, investor, author, and media personality, famous for hosting the hit podcast "The Diary of a CEO," being the youngest-ever judge on BBC's "Dragons' Den," and founding successful companies like Social Chain, Flight Story, and thirdweb.

Born in Botswana in 1992, he built his career through social media marketing, later expanding into media, investment, and Web3 technology, becoming a leading voice in business and digital culture

American Investment Fund

Advisor Robert F. Smith is a prominent American businessman, investor, and philanthropist, best known as the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. He is one of the richest African Americans, known for investing in enterprise software, supporting HBCUs.

Asian Investment Fund

Masayoshi Son is a visionary Japanese entrepreneur and investor, best known as the founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, a Tokyo based tech holding company.

Renowned for his investment style, Son established the Vision Fund, backing major tech firms like Alibaba, ARM, and ByteDance.

Advisor

Bernard Arnault is Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton.

The world’s leading luxury products group. He has been awarded the honorary titles of Grand-croix de la Légion d’Honneur and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

Advisor

Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick, CBE is currently the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Centre at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, USA, and sits on the Concordia Leadership Council. He served as Chancellor of Regent's University London from October 2016 to October 2021. He has been appointed as the current Chair of the SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Board of Trustees and is an NED at Saxton Bampfylde.

Hastings is also Chairman of the Council of ZANE, a development aid agency focused on Zimbabwe, and Vice President of Tear Fund. In 2011, he became Vice President of UNICEF, the UN Children's and Education Fund.

African Investment Fund Advisor

Chief Michael Adenuga Jr is a Nigerian businessman. His company Globacom is Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator and also has a presence in Ghana and Benin. He also owns stakes in the Equitorial Trust Bank.

Conservation And Environment Advisor

David Mayer de Rothschild is a British adventurer, ecologist, and environmentalist. Best known for captaining the Plastiki—a 60-foot catamaran made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles—across the Pacific Ocean, he has dedicated his life to highlighting the urgent need for global ecological advocacy and sustainability.

Born in London, England, he is the youngest child of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild and his second wife, Victoria Lou Schott. His middle name, "Mayer," is a tribute to the founder of the Rothschild banking empire, Mayer Amschel Rothschild. While rooted in one of the world's most famous banking dynasties, he rejected a traditional career in finance to pursue extreme expeditions and environmentalism.

Rural And Heritage Advisor

Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire, KCVO, CBE, DL, is an English peer, estate manager, and horse racing administrator. Nicknamed "Stoker," he succeeded to the dukedom in 2004. He is an owner-occupier of the historic Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, which his family has owned since 1549.

The Duke is well known in the world of horse racing and served as Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot and chairman of Ascot Racecourse Ltd. In 1980 he was elected to the Jockey Club and in 1989 he was appointed its Senior Steward or Chairman.

Zoological Advisor

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian, and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned seven decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Frozen Planet.

Rural Philanthropy Advisor

The Prince of Wales undertakes a number of charitable activities and projects and carries out public and official duties in the UK and overseas. Prince William is Patron of a number of charities which are focused on conservation and through The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, he has spearheaded global initiatives to protect our natural world. 

Prince William launched The Earthshot Prize – a global environmental prize and platform to discover, award, celebrate and scale ground-breaking solutions to repair and regenerate the planet every year until 2030.

United States Investment Advisor

Roy Donahue "Don" Peebles is an American real estate entrepreneur, author, and political fundraiser. He is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Peebles Corporation, a privately held real estate investment and development company established in 1983. The firm focuses on luxury commercial and residential developments in major U.S. cities including New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Miami.

Advisor

Sheila Johnson is a pioneering American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and hotelier, best known as the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and the first African American woman to achieve billionaire status. She is the founder and CEO of the Salamander Collection, a portfolio of luxury resorts, and holds ownership stakes in three professional sports teams.

United States Investment Advisor

Alex Karp is the co founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, a major software firm that specialises in big data analytics for government and commercial clients. Known for his eccentric leadership style, philosophical background he has a (Ph.D. in social theory).

African Investment Fund Advisor

Abdul Samad Rabiu is a leading Nigerian industrialist and founder of BUA Group, a major conglomerate with interests in cement, food (sugar, pasta), and infrastructure. Abdul Samad Rabiu was born and raised in Kano in the north-western part of Nigeria and is a Hausa man. He visited Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, US and later returned to Nigeria to oversee the family business.

Arts & Culture Advisor

Sir Damon Buffini was a founding partner of alternative asset manager Permira where he was Chairman and Managing Partner from 1997-2010. He remained a partner at Permira until the end of 2015 completing a 27 year career with the firm.

In 2020 Damon was appointed as Chair of the £2bn Culture Recovery Fund which was granted and invested to ensure the survival and sustainability of the UK’s culturally significant organisations. Damon is also currently Chair of the Royal National Theatre. During his career Damon has served on many other boards including Hugo Boss AG; Wellcome Trust; the Royal Shakespeare Company and Schroders PLC.

American Investment Fund Culture Advisor

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an eminent American literary critic, historian, and filmmaker, renowned for elevating African American literature into the Western canon “popularly known by his childhood nickname 'Skip', he is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker. He directs the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University.

Art Advisor

Larry Gagosian (born April 19, 1945) is a towering, self-made American art dealer who founded the global Gagosian Gallery empire. Known for pioneering museum-quality, large-scale exhibitions, he started by selling framed posters on the street in Los Angeles. Today, his galleries employ around 300 people across 18 international exhibition spaces.

African Investment Fund Advisor

H.E. former President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf served as the President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, becoming the first elected female head of state in Africa. During her time as President, Mdm. Sirleaf advocated for freedom, justice, and peace. In 2011, she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in fighting for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. Mdm. Sirleaf was awarded the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in 2017.

Rural Philanthropy Advisor

Charles Spencer, The 9th Earl Spencer, focuses his philanthropy on child welfare, education, and community support, often linked to his family's heritage and his sister Princess Diana's legacy. Key roles include supporting Whole Child International, patron of the Diana Award, and aiding the Cynthia Spencer Hospice.

Investment Fund Advisor

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud is a prominent Saudi Arabian, investor, and member of the Saudi royal family. He is the founder and 95% owner of Kingdom Holding Company, a diversified investment firm with global holdings in hospitality, media, banking, and technology.

CEO & Vice Chair Abrams Dimon

Jamie Dimon is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co, a global financial services firm with assets of $3.2 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

African Investment Fund Advisor

Mohammed Al Amoudi, son of a Saudi father and an Ethiopian mother, has accumulated a portfolio of construction, agriculture, and energy companies across Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. He made his initial fortune in construction in Saudi Arabia. One of his most valuable assets is oil refiner Preem, which bills itself as the largest fuel company in Sweden.

In Ethiopia he has invested in agriculture, cement production and gold mining. His firm Saudi Star Agricultural Development has cultivated thousands of acres of land for fruits, vegetables, cereals, coffee, tea, flowers and rice fields for customers in Ethiopia and abroad.

Director Abrams Dimon

Baron Édouard de Rothschild started his career at the New York bank Wertheim. He then moved to Paris to work for Eurofin, Georges Plescoff's new bank. In 1982 he joined his half brother David René de Rothschild and cousin Éric de Rothschild to recapitalize and relaunch Rothschild & Cie Banque. In July 2003, he became the head of the bank.

He stepped down in June 2004 saying he would remain involved as the Non Executive Chairman of the bank's supervisory board while taking on projects unrelated to finance.

Director Abrams Dimon

Mervyn Allister King, Baron King of Lothbury is a distinguished British economist who served as the Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013. During his tenure. He was created a life peer in 2013 and sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. 

He served as a professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) before joining the Bank of England in 1991, becoming a key figure in modern monetary policy, including the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) established in 1997.

Board Chairman Abrams Dimon

Currently David de Rothschild is the Executive Chairman of the Rothschild Group and Chairman of The World Jewish Congress as well as Chairman of the Foundation for the Memory of Shoah and Commander of the Legion d’Honneur.

Advisor

Alexandre de Rothschild joined the Rothschild & Co Group in 2008 to focus primarily on the establishment of the Five Arrows division. Before joining the Group, Alexandre de Rothschild gained substantial experience in investment banking and private equity in New York and London with Bear Stearns and Bank of America respectively.

In 2011 Alexandre de Rothschild became a member of the Group Executive Committee. In 2014, Alexandre de Rothschild joined the Management Board of Rothschild & Co Gestion, and he became its Executive Deputy Chairman in March 2017.

Director Abrams Dimon

Josef Ackermann is a prominent Swiss banker best known as the CEO of Deutsche Bank 2002–2012 where he drove international expansion and focused on shareholder value, and as the Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus 2014–2019. He is a highly influential figure in European finance who led Deutsche Bank through the 2007 financial crisis.

CO CEO Abrams Dimon

Kevin Cohee is the Chairman and CEO of OneUnited Bank, the largest black owned bank in the United States. Cohee has dedicated his professional career to encouraging economic empowerment.

In 1995, Cohee purchased a majority interest in the Boston Bank of Commerce. Under his leadership, the bank underwent aggressive expansion, acquiring several community banks and rebranding as OneUnited Bank in 2002. Abrams Ogunlesi will acquire OneUnited Bank.

African Investment Fund Advisor

He is founder and Executive Chairman of Econet Group, comprising Econet Wireless and Cassava Technologies. Econet Group has operations and investments across Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the USA.

Cassava Technologies’ businesses include Africa’s largest open access cross-border fibre broadband network spanning 68,000+ miles, Africa’s largest network of interconnected carrier neutral data centers, cloud and cybersecurity, fintech, solar renewable energy, and on-demand digital platforms.

African Investment Fund Advisor

Olufemi Peter Otedola is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. He is the former Chairman of Geregu Power PLC. Olufemi Peter “Femi” Otedola, CON, is one of Lagos’s most influential business leaders, a visionary entrepreneur whose impact on Nigeria’s job market—in energy, shipping, finance, and beyond—is profound. As Chairman of Geregu Power Plc and a major investor in banking and real estate, Otedola’s leadership contributes directly to Lagos’s economic vibrancy, job creation, and industrial growth.

African Investment Fund Advisor

Dave Steward founded World Wide Technology in 1990 and serves as Chairman of the Board. His vision, ambition and determination are widely responsible for catapulting WWT from a small government contractor with a handful of employees into a global technology solutions provider.

UK Investment Advisor

Dame Ann Glover is Chief Executive and Co Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners and s an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. 

She currently serves as an external investment committee member for the venture programme at British International Investment and is also on the investment committee of the Yale Endowment.

Investment Advisor

Justin Alun Urquhart Stewart is a British investment manager and business commentator who was the co-founder and Head of Corporate Development at the investment fund 7IM. Urquhart Stewart founded Regionally in 2020. He is also known for appearing on British television wearing his trademark red braces

UK Culture Advisor

Baroness Lola Young of Holloway is a prominent crossbench member of the House of Lords, an author, academic, and social justice campaigner.

President Assouline

Alexandre "Alex" Assouline is the President of Assouline, the luxury publishing house founded by his parents in 1994. Based in New York, he is credited with modernising the family business and expanding it from a niche publisher into a global luxury lifestyle brand. 

COO British Land

Emma joined British Land in 2014 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2025. Prior to this, she jointly led the company's 53-acre Canada Water development project in central London.

Before joining British Land Emma spent 7 years at Landsec where she was responsible for number of central London developments and led their strategic land portfolio. She previously held development and land management roles at Barratt and Crest Nicholson.

Team Advisor

Dambisa Moyo is a Zambian-born global economist, author, and member of the UK House of Lords, known for her critical analysis of international financial markets, geopolitics, and emerging economies. She advises boards on investment, capital allocation, and risk management. 

Founder ZOOX

Jesse Levinson is the cofounder and CTO of ZOOX, a venture-backed startup creating ground-up, fully autonomous electric vehicles for point-to-point mobility in cities.

Jesse is responsible for overseeing the company’s software, artificial intelligence, computing, and sensing platforms. Prior to Zoox, Jesse graduated summa cum laude from Princeton and then completed a computer science Ph.D. and postdoc under Sebastian Thrun at Stanford.

CEO ZOOX

Aicha Evans is the Chief Executive Officer of ZOOX, an autonomous vehicle company operating as an independent subsidiary of Amazon. Appointed as CEO in early 2019. Beyond her duties at Amazon and ZOOX, she is a member of the Supervisory Board of the enterprise software giant SAP.

She serves as an outspoken advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion within STEM fields. She acts as a trustee for the Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology.