Leadership

We hold ourselves to the same high standards of governance that we expect of the companies we invest in and engage with.

Our Board

The Board is responsible for the governance of the organisation and ensuring its effective operation. The Board considers all stakeholders when establishing our objectives and policies.

Saker Nusseibeh, CBE

CBE – CEO, Federated Hermes Limited

Saker is CEO of the Federated Hermes Limited, appointed November 2011, having joined in June 2009 as CIO. He is also a member of the Federated Hermes Executive team.

Deborah Cunningham

CFA – Chief Investment Officer, Global Liquidity Markets, Senior Portfolio Manager, Executive Vice President, Federated Hermes, Inc.

Debbie Cunningham is Chief Investment Officer of Global Liquidity Markets. She joined Federated Hermes in 1981 as a performance analyst and has more than 30 years of investment experience. Since 1990 she has been a portfolio manager for all government and prime liquidity products. In 1994 she took over the management of the taxable liquidity group. In addition to the domestic taxable liquidity portfolios, Debbie also oversees the management of the domestic tax-exempt liquidity portfolios, as well as the offshore liquidity products. She is a current member of the CFA Society of Pittsburgh and previously held the title of Director and President.

Thomas Donahue

President, FII Holdings, Inc., Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Federated Investors, Inc. and Director, Federated Hermes, Inc.

Tom Donahue joined the firm in 1993 as a Vice President and currently serves as the company’s Director and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Federated Hermes, Tom was in the venture capital business, and from 1983 to 1987 was employed by PNC Bank in its Investment Banking division.

Jane E. Lambesis

Senior Vice President, Regional Sales Consultant, Federated Hermes, Inc.

Jane Lambesis joined Federated Hermes in 1987 and is Senior Vice President of Sales. She specialises in consulting to individual financial advisors and their teams regarding income planning, manager search and selection, investment portfolio design and monitoring.

David Stewart

Chairman and independent Non-Executive Director, Federated Hermes Limited

David is currently Chairman of IMM Associates, Chairman of Caledonia Investment Trust, and a Non-Executive representative on the MacMillan Cancer Care Investment Committee. His prior experience includes nine years at Odey Asset Management, initially as CEO and latterly as a Non-Executive Director until standing down in December 2014. Before that, David’s career encompassed Fidelity Investments (1994-2005), James Capel (1986-1994) and Swire Pacific Ltd, Hong Kong (1981-1986).