People Moves: Schroders plc appoints Frederic Wakeman to join as Independent Non-Executive Director
Press Release -- Schroders plc announced that Frederic Wakeman will join the Board as an Independent Non-executive Director, effective 1 January 2024. He will also join the Nominations Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee. Between 1998 and 2021, Fred served as Managing Partner and Head of TMT at Advent International.
During his 23-year career, Fred managed Advent's London and New York offices and served on both their European and North American Investment Advisory Committees. Fred Wakeman started his career at Bank of New York before moving to GE Capital in 1993. He joined Advent International Corporation in 1998 and became Managing Partner and CEO of Advent International Plc in London.
In 2015 he assumed responsibility for Advent's global technology practice, based in New York. Since leaving Advent in 2021 he founded Blue Endeavor Ventures. He is also the Co-Founder of Scale-Up Fund.
Fred is a Non-Executive Director of a number of private companies in the sustainability and conservation sectors.
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About Schroders
Founded in 1804, Schroders is one of Europe's largest independent investment management firms by assets under management. As at 31 December 2022, assets under management were £737.5 billion (€831.3 billion; $887.2 billion). The founding family remain a core shareholder, holding approximately 48% of the firm's voting shares. Schroders has continued to deliver strong financial results. It has a market capitalisation of circa £7 billion and employs over 6,100 people across 38 locations.
Schroders has benefited from the most diverse business model of any UK asset manager by geography, by asset class and by client type. Schroders offers innovative products and solutions across their five business areas of solutions; institutional; mutual funds; private assets & alternatives; and wealth management. Clients include insurance companies, pension schemes, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations. They also manage assets for end clients as part of their relationships with distributors, financial advisers and online platforms. Schroders' Wealth Management offering reflects their strategic ambition to provide wealth management and financial planning services to clients across the wealth spectrum.
Schroders' strategic aims are to grow their asset management business, build closer relationships with end clients and expand their private assets and alternatives business. Schroders' purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. The business channels capital into sustainable and durable businesses to accelerate positive change in the world. Schroders' business philosophy is based on the belief that if they deliver for clients, they deliver for Shareholders and other stakeholders.
Further information about Schroders can be found at www.schroders.com.