FRANCES COWELL
Frances joined CCLA in August 2007 where she is responsible for risk management and portfolio construction. She started in the investment management industry in 1983. She has managed domestic and international equity and fixed interest portfolios, and asset allocation; applying quantitative techniques that combine derivatives and physical investments to deliver portfolios with predefined risk characteristics. In 1998 she moved to the UK to work for QUANTEC, a major provider of portfolio risk management systems, and in 2002 took up duties as Interim Head of Portfolio Risk and then focussed on risk management for hedge funds at Morley Fund Management.

STUART FREEMAN
Stuart Freeman is a Fund Manager in our Fixed Interest and Cash Management Department with specific responsibility for the management of the COIF Charities Fixed Interest and Deposit Funds. He joined CCLA in 1997 from Sumitomo Finance International for whom he had worked for nearly thirteen years, trading both fixed income and money market instruments.

MITCHELL HUMPHREYS
Mitchell Humphreys has more than 20 years’ experience in fund management. His responsibilities have included the active management of cash, bonds and equities for institutions, companies and high net worth individuals, involving both fundamental research and advanced quantitative techniques. More recently, he has been instrumental in the initiation and management of a successful multi-manager programme that has involved assets of more than £30bn. His role at CCLA is to combine these elements in the management of clients’ portfolios.

JOHN KELLY
John Kelly joined CCLA in June 2007 as Head of Client Investment. He joined from Abbey where he was Director Retail Channels, a role with fund management and client service responsibilities. Before joining Abbey, John was investment director for Barclay’s unit trust businesses where he was instrumental in the launch of BGI funds and b2.