Investment Committee
Our Investment Committee meets monthly to review portfolio holdings to ensure integrity of criteria and to monitor performance, risk and turnover in the fund. It consists of the following members:
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Crispin Odey
External Adviser
- One of the most successful UK-based investment managers
- Left Barings in 1991 to found his own firm Odey Asset Management, where he has grown assets under management to around $5bn
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Dr David Owen
External Adviser
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21 years’ experience in water and waste management company and market analysis
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Advisor to Pictet et Cie’s Water Fund (quoted equities only)
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Author of the Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook (11 editions since 1999)
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Author of two books on water finance
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Previously head of research at Ecofin Limited and equity analyst at BNP Paribas and Savory Milln/UBS
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Kim Heyworth
Internal Adviser
- Economist with an MA from Trinity College Dublin
- 20 years relevant cleantech experience in:
- KPMG Consulting - global chairman of Strategic Services and Environmental Practices
- WHEB co-founder in 1995
- Experienced Government and industry board advisor including Waste Recycling Group Plc, one the UK’s largest waste companies
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Ben Goldsmith
Internal Adviser
- Began work with Hargreave-Hale, a London-based private client brokerage firm
- 2 years leading a group of private investors backing clean technology businesses at an early-stage
- Co-founded WHEB Ventures with Rob and Kim in 2002
- Speaks French and Spanish
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George Finlay
External Adviser
- Involved in institutional research and fund management since 1970
- Helped found the London office of Hargreave Hale in 1988, following positions at Kemp Gee and GT Management
- Currently advises or manages a wide range of client portfolios including listed equities and venture capital
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