Simon Steele – AMP Capital

Simon Steele was appointed in June 2016 to the role of Head of Global Equities with responsibility for overseeing and developing AMP Capital’s active global equities investment process. Mr Steele’s career spans over 25 years’ dedicated to the management of UK and Global equity portfolios across a wide range of mandates for institutional, charity and retail investors.  During his career he has worked for Fuji-Lord Abbett, the Royal Banks of Scotland, CCLA and Sarasin and Partners. Most recently he worked at Sarasin & Partners as the lead Fund Manager for the Global Equity High Yield, Global Dividend and International Income funds managing total assets of £1.4bn. Prior to that he spent 6 years with CCLA as Investment Director, Equities, where he was the Fund Manager in charge of global equity selection for the firm’s global equity income funds, flagship Common Investment Funds and segregated institutional mandates, with a combined £2bn allocation to equities. Prior to joining CCLA, Simon worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland where for 6 years he was head of stock selection for Adam & Co, and latterly the Pan European Head of Equities for RBS wealth, incorporating both Adam & Company and Coutts & Co. Mr Steele is a Fellow of the Institute for Securities and Investments.