Saker Nusseibeh, CBE
CEO, International at Federated Hermes
Saker Nusseibeh, CBE
CEO, International at Federated Hermes
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Saker is Chief Executive of the international business of Federated Hermes and is also a member of the Federated Hermes Executive team. He was appointed CEO in November 2011 having joined the firm in June 2009 as CIO. Prior to this, Saker was Global Head of Equities at Fortis Investments, having initially been appointed to the firm as CIO Global Equities in 2005. Before this, he was CIO of Global Equities and Head of Marketing for SGAM UK. This role followed SGAM’s acquisition of Trust Company of the West (TCW), where Saker was a Managing Director, running global and international strategies, as well as managing TCW’s London office. He started his career at Mercury Asset Management in 1987.
Saker is the founder of the 300 Club, a group of leading CIOs and investment professionals who seek to challenge investment orthodoxy. He was an inaugural member of the CFA Institute’s Future of Finance Advisory Council from 2013 until 2019. He is a member of the IIRC Council, the International Finance Corporation, and the FCA-PRA Climate Financial Risk Forum, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, as well as the United Nations Environmental Programme Financial Initiative Steering Committee. He sits on the Banking Standards Board, which was created as a result of a Parliamentary enquiry to restore trust in the UK banking industry, and on the UN Business and Human Security Initiative Advisory Board. Saker also served on UK National Advisory Board and became a founding member of the Impact Investing Institute on Impact Investing. Saker is also on the advisory Board of the National Youth Orchestra.
In 2015, Saker was named CEO of the Year at the Global Investor Investment Excellence Awards and, in 2018, was named CEO of the Year at the Financial News Asset Management Europe Awards. More recently, Saker was named as European Personality of the Year for 2020 at the Funds Europe Awards. He has a BA and PhD in Medieval History from King's College, University of London.
Saker was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours list for services to Responsible Business and Finance.
Harriet Steel
Head of Business Development, International at Federated Hermes
Harriet Steel
Head of Business Development, International at Federated Hermes
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Harriet is Head of Business Development, a member of the Executive Committee (ExCo) and an Executive Board Director of the international business of Federated Hermes. Harriet is also a member of Federated Hermes’ Research Committee. She joined the firm in 2011 with responsibility for sales, client service, marketing, communications and product strategy. Under her leadership, we have built a fast-growing and profitable third-party business comprising many of the world’s leading institutional and wholesale investors. As a result, we now generate almost 80% of our revenues from external clients, compared with c.20% in 2011, and established a reputation as one of the leading integrated ESG investment brands in the world. As a member of ExCo, her responsibilities include development of corporate strategy and delivery of profitability. Appointed to the board of HFML in 2013, Harriet became the company’s first female executive director. Harriet chairs the Corporate Strategy Group, which develops the company’s organic and inorganic growth plans.
Harriet has more than 25 years’ experience in finance. In 1990 she joined the global trading team at Bankers Trust, initially trading currency options and subsequently holding senior derivatives sales roles in Paris, London and New York before joining Morgan Stanley’s fixed income group in 1996. In 2003, Harriet established Portico Advisors, an asset raising and marketing advisory firm for alternative investment managers, including hedge funds, private equity and real estate strategies, which she ran until joining the international business of Federated Hermes.
Harriet acts as a mentor to female executives at the company, encouraging them to fulfil their potential and providing practical insight and guidance on how to achieve success in the City. Harriet is a regular commentator in the print and broadcast media on business, economic and diversity issues and, for the last five years, has been recognised as one of the top 100 women in European finance by Financial News.
Harriet holds a BA in Architecture from Princeton University.
Gordon Ceresino
Vice Chairman, Federated Hermes, Inc. and President, Federated International Management Limited
Gordon Ceresino
Vice Chairman, Federated Hermes, Inc. and President, Federated International Management Limited
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Gordy is Vice Chairman of Federated Hermes, Inc., President of Federated International Securities Corp., President of Federated Global Holdings LLC and Executive Director of Global Private Markets Development. He is responsible for leading, developing and executing the firm's global private markets distribution strategy.
Gordy joined Federated in 2006 when the firm acquired MDT Advisers of Boston, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. Gordy is the President of Federated Holdings (UK) Limited and an Executive Board Director of Federated Holdings (UK) II Limited, Federated Investors (Canada) Holdings, Inc., Federated Investors Canada ULC, Federated Investors International PTE Ltd. (Singapore), Federated Investors (UK) LLP, Federated Short-Term Daily U.S. Dollar Fund, Ltd. (Cayman), Hermes Equity Ownership Services Ltd. (UK) and Hermes Stewardship North America Inc. (US).
Deborah Cunningham
Chief Investment Officer, Global Liquidity Markets, Senior Portfolio Manager, Executive Vice President, Federated Hermes, Inc.
Deborah Cunningham
Chief Investment Officer, Global Liquidity Markets, Senior Portfolio Manager, Executive Vice President, Federated Hermes, Inc.
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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 Investors, Inc.
Thomas Donahue
President, FII Holdings, Inc., Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Federated Investors, Inc. and Director, Federated Investors, Inc.
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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.
John Fisher
President and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Advisory Companies
John Fisher
President and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Advisory Companies
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John Fisher is President and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Advisory Companies. In this role since 2006, John provides overall leadership to Federated’s investment management organization, which employs more than 225 investment professionals. Joining the firm as a regional marketing representative in 1979, John rose through the distribution channel, serving in a variety of positions, culminating with him being named president of Federated Securities Corp., Institutional Division. John is a member of the firm’s seven-person executive committee, vice president and director of Federated Investors, Inc., and either principal executive officer or a board member of a number of Federated mutual funds.
Jane E. Lambesis
Senior Vice President, Regional Sales Consultant, Federated Hermes, Inc.
Jane E. Lambesis
Senior Vice President, Regional Sales Consultant, Federated Hermes, Inc.
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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.
Theodore W Zierden III
President - Administration, Federated Services Company
Theodore W Zierden III
President - Administration, Federated Services Company
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Ted manages a number of businesses at Federated, including Business Information Services, Investor Services, Literature Publishing and Fulfilment Services, Decision Support, Corporate Procurement, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Ted began his career at Federated in 1994.
David Stewart
Chairman and independent Non-Executive Director
David Stewart
Chairman and independent Non-Executive Director
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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).
Sally James
Non-Executive Director
Sally James
Non-Executive Director
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Sally was appointed Non-Executive Director of HFML in April 2017. Sally served as Managing Director and General Counsel of UBS Investment Bank EMEA from 2001 to 2008. Previously she held a number of senior legal roles in investment banks in London and Chicago. She has been a Non-Executive Director of Moneysupermarket.com Group plc since April 2013 and now Senior Independent Director; a Non-Executive Director of Rotork plc since May 2012 and now Senior Independent Director; and a Non-Executive Director of Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited since February 2016 (now merged into Bank of America Merrill Lynch International DAC). Sally is also a Trustee of the Legal Education Foundation.
Pars Purewal
Non-Executive Director
Pars Purewal
Non-Executive Director
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Pars was appointed Non-Executive Director of HFML in June 2020 and Chair of the Audit Committee in July 2020, in succession to Mr. Watson. Pars retired as a senior partner from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) in June 2019 after a thirty-six-year career at the firm. Pars’ experience included being PwC’s UK Asset Management Leader for ten years and Finance Partner for both Asset and Wealth Management. Pars also spent three years as People Partner; three years as Sales and Markets Partner for the PwC’s Insurance and Asset Management sectors; and a year as Executive Assistant to the UK Managing Partner with responsibility for the firm’s UK operations. Pars is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
Richard Novak
Non-Executive Director
Richard Novak
Non-Executive Director
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Richard A Novak – Principal Accounting Officer and Vice President of Federated Hermes, Inc. Rich is a director and President of Federated Investors Trust Company; director and Vice President of FII Holdings, Inc. and Senior Vice President of Federated Investors Management Company. Rich is also a director, treasurer, assistant treasurer and/or assistant company secretary of various subsidiaries and offshore funds managed by Federated Hermes, Inc.
Prior to this appointment, Rich was the Fund Treasurer of Federated’s domestic funds from January 2006 until April 2013. In this role, he had the responsibility for all financial aspects of the funds, including financial reporting, security valuation, fund accounting, fund tax, client compensation and expense projection and approval. Rich was the Controller of Federated Investors, Inc. from 1997 through 2005. In this capacity, Rich had responsibility for overseeing Federated’s domestic and international internal and external reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, client compensation and treasury functions. Rich joined Federated in 1995 as Vice President of Finance for Federated Services Company.
Prior to joining Federated, Rich was an auditor at Arthur Andersen & Company and held various finance‑related positions at The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh. Rich is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Rich was awarded his Master of Business Administration degree from Robert Morris College. Rich is a Certified Public Accountant.
James Fraser
Non-Executive Director
James Fraser
Non-Executive Director
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James was appointed as the BTPS Nominated Director on 23 June 2020 and as permanent successor to Billy McClory. James was a Non-Executive Director of Tilney Group Limited (now Tilney Smith and Williamson Limited) from March 2014 until September 2020 and served as Interim Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee from September 2019 until September 2020. James was Head of Financial Services at Permira Advisers LLP from October 2008 until his retirement in 2017. Since then he has been a Senior Advisor at Permira, advising the firm on new deal opportunities. James was a Non-Executive Director of Just Group plc from 2009 until 2017. He was at LEK Consulting from 1987 to 2008, making partner in 1996 and was latterly Co-Head of Financial Services.
The Executive Committee is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the business and ensuring the objectives agreed with the Board are met.
Saker Nusseibeh, CBE
CEO, International at Federated Hermes
Saker Nusseibeh, CBE
CEO, International at Federated Hermes
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Saker is Chief Executive of the international business of Federated Hermes and is also a member of the Federated Hermes Executive team. He was appointed CEO in November 2011 having joined the firm in June 2009 as CIO. Prior to this, Saker was Global Head of Equities at Fortis Investments, having initially been appointed to the firm as CIO Global Equities in 2005. Before this, he was CIO of Global Equities and Head of Marketing for SGAM UK. This role followed SGAM’s acquisition of Trust Company of the West (TCW), where Saker was a Managing Director, running global and international strategies, as well as managing TCW’s London office. He started his career at Mercury Asset Management in 1987.
Saker is the founder of the 300 Club, a group of leading CIOs and investment professionals who seek to challenge investment orthodoxy. He was an inaugural member of the CFA Institute’s Future of Finance Advisory Council from 2013 until 2019. He is a member of the IIRC Council, the International Finance Corporation, and the FCA-PRA Climate Financial Risk Forum, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, as well as the United Nations Environmental Programme Financial Initiative Steering Committee. He sits on the Banking Standards Board, which was created as a result of a Parliamentary enquiry to restore trust in the UK banking industry, and on the UN Business and Human Security Initiative Advisory Board. Saker also served on UK National Advisory Board and became a founding member of the Impact Investing Institute on Impact Investing. Saker is also on the advisory Board of the National Youth Orchestra.
In 2015, Saker was named CEO of the Year at the Global Investor Investment Excellence Awards and, in 2018, was named CEO of the Year at the Financial News Asset Management Europe Awards. More recently, Saker was named as European Personality of the Year for 2020 at the Funds Europe Awards. He has a BA and PhD in Medieval History from King's College, University of London.
Saker was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours list for services to Responsible Business and Finance.
Harriet Steel
Head of Business Development, International at Federated Hermes
Harriet Steel
Head of Business Development, International at Federated Hermes
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Harriet is Head of Business Development, a member of the Executive Committee (ExCo) and an Executive Board Director of the international business of Federated Hermes. Harriet is also a member of Federated Hermes’ Research Committee. She joined the firm in 2011 with responsibility for sales, client service, marketing, communications and product strategy. Under her leadership, we have built a fast-growing and profitable third-party business comprising many of the world’s leading institutional and wholesale investors. As a result, we now generate almost 80% of our revenues from external clients, compared with c.20% in 2011, and established a reputation as one of the leading integrated ESG investment brands in the world. As a member of ExCo, her responsibilities include development of corporate strategy and delivery of profitability. Appointed to the board of HFML in 2013, Harriet became the company’s first female executive director. Harriet chairs the Corporate Strategy Group, which develops the company’s organic and inorganic growth plans.
Harriet has more than 25 years’ experience in finance. In 1990 she joined the global trading team at Bankers Trust, initially trading currency options and subsequently holding senior derivatives sales roles in Paris, London and New York before joining Morgan Stanley’s fixed income group in 1996. In 2003, Harriet established Portico Advisors, an asset raising and marketing advisory firm for alternative investment managers, including hedge funds, private equity and real estate strategies, which she ran until joining the international business of Federated Hermes.
Harriet acts as a mentor to female executives at the company, encouraging them to fulfil their potential and providing practical insight and guidance on how to achieve success in the City. Harriet is a regular commentator in the print and broadcast media on business, economic and diversity issues and, for the last five years, has been recognised as one of the top 100 women in European finance by Financial News.
Harriet holds a BA in Architecture from Princeton University.
Ian Kennedy
Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff, International at Federated Hermes
Ian Kennedy
Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff, International at Federated Hermes
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Ian Kennedy is Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff of the international business of Federated Hermes and a member of the Executive Committee (ExCo). Ian joined in 2015, taking responsibility for finance, IT, legal, HR, operations and facilities. As COO, Ian’s role is to ensure that we operate a best-in-class organisational infrastructure to support its clients, investment teams and business development activities. As a member of ExCo, his responsibilities include development of corporate strategy and delivery of profitability. In 2020, Ian also became Chief of Staff for the international business of Federated Hermes to support the Chief Executive in certain day-to-day responsibilities.
Ian entered the City in 1992, joining Prudential Bache Ltd, initially as European accountant and subsequently as regional risk and control manager. In 2002, Ian joined Dryden Wealth Management as Finance Director, joining Fortis in 2005 when they acquired the firm. Ian became COO for the UK wealth management and private banking division, ultimately acting as interim CEO and leading its sale to BNP Paribas in 2009-10, where he then became Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of BNP Paribas Wealth Management UK.
In 2012, Ian established InvestMe Financial Services LLC, one of the earliest firms in the UAE to be approved for investment advisory business activities by the Securities and Commodities Authority in Abu Dhabi. The firm was an active supporter of disadvantaged children in India, funding the creation of 11 schools in some of the poorest areas of the country.
Ian qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co and holds a BSc in Biochemistry from King's College London.
Eoin Murray
Head of Investment, International at Federated Hermes
Eoin Murray
Head of Investment, International at Federated Hermes
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Eoin is Head of Investment and a member of the Executive Committee. Eoin also leads the Investment Office, which is responsible to clients for the investment teams’ consistent delivery of responsible, risk-adjusted performance and adherence to the processes which earned them their ‘kitemarks’. He is also the Executive sponsor for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Eoin joined the international business of Federated Hermes in January 2015 with almost 30 years’ investment experience. Eoin joined from GSA Capital Partners, where he was a fund manager. Before this, he was Chief Investment Officer at Old Mutual from 2004 to 2008 and also held senior positions at Callanish Capital Partners LLP and Northern Trust Global Investments. He began his career as a graduate trainee at Manufacturers Hanover Trust (now JPMorgan Chase) and subsequently performed senior portfolio manager roles at Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors (now BlackRock), PanAgora Asset Management and First Quadrant. Eoin earned an MA (Hons) in Economics and Law from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from Warwick Business School. Additionally, he has a Certificate in Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies from Stanford University and a Diploma in Specialist Rescue from Coventry University.
Eoin is a Freeman of the City of London, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, Master of the Guild of Investment Managers, and a Fellow of the RSA. He is a member of the Exmoor Search and Rescue team, a fully qualified Swift-water Rescue Technician, a Powerboat Rescue Operator and a Flood Water Incident Manager.
Chris Taylor
CEO of Real Estate & Head of Private Markets, International at Federated Hermes
Chris Taylor
CEO of Real Estate & Head of Private Markets, International at Federated Hermes
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Chris is Head of Real Estate & Private Markets and a member of the Executive Committee. Chris joined the international business of Federated Hermes in 2010, having successfully established Australian fund manager QIC’s European office in London. Prior to that, he was head of European Property at HSBC. Chris spent the majority of his career as a fund manager at Prudential, where he led the diversification of its UK real estate exposure into overseas markets in 2001.
Under his leadership, the Real Estate business has led a number of landmark real estate transactions, including the largest regeneration project in Europe at King’s Cross, the development of the iconic Silverstone circuit, the major regeneration at Paradise Circus Birmingham, and the rejuvenation of central Milton Keynes. Chris is currently the Chairman of MEPC, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the senior non-executive director of NewRiver Retail Plc, a member of the Bank of England Commercial Property Committee and a Founding Board Member of INREV. As immediate past President of the British Property Federation, Chris has engaged actively with Central and Local Government to recognise the pivotal contribution that real estate and infrastructure make as conduits for growth and regeneration.
Chris is also the BTPS Director on the Argent Board and has taken a lead role in promoting responsible investment with major regeneration schemes at King’s Cross and Paradise Circus, Birmingham.
Chris holds a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from Reading University.
Keith Davies
Head of Strategic Risk & Compliance, International at Federated Hermes
Keith Davies
Head of Strategic Risk & Compliance, International at Federated Hermes
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Keith Davies joined the international business of Federated Hermes as Head of Strategic Risk & Compliance in July 2020. Within this role he is responsible for ensuring that the risk and compliance frameworks support the achievement of the firm’s strategic objectives in a risk controlled and regulatory compliant manner. Keith is a member of the Executive Committee and advises the board on risk, compliance and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining the Federated Hermes business, Keith had a long, varied and successful career within the M&G/Prudential Group, where he was a member of the Executive Committee that successfully prepared M&G for de-merger from Prudential and listing as a stand-alone FTSE 100 company. His most recent role at M&G was Chief Risk & Resilience Officer, where he transformed the function to increase its focus on financial and operational resilience and on a variety of emerging risk types including reputational, behavioural and sustainability risk. Before that, Keith was M&G plc's Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, and the Head of Internal Audit for the Prudential Plc Group, where he was responsible for audit services across the group’s insurance and asset management businesses globally. He also served as the Chief Risk Officer for Prudential's Treasury and Portfolio Management entities.
Before joining the Prudential Group, Keith had a long career across financial services, including roles in risk management and audit at Standard Chartered, Standard Bank and Deutsche Bank. He was also Lead Economist for the Americas for Standard Chartered (based in the US), and spent two years within the Policy team at the Financial Services Authority.
Keith has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Bristol, and passed the FT Non-Executive Diploma in 2019. He is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk & Audit Committee for Admiral Insurance’s UK underwriting subsidiaries.
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