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Keith started his career in 1979 at the Government Economic Service. Keith has held a number of key industry appointments and responsibilities. He is a board member of the Financial Reporting Council, Investment Management Association and a member of the Advisory Board of Reform Scotland. Keith was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from Teesside University in 2011. This was in recognition of his contribution to the financial services industry over many years, most notably in the wake of the global financial crisis where he worked with government and trade bodies in establishing best practice in stewardship and governance. In 2012, Keith was made a Fellow of the Society of Business Economists, given for service to the economics profession. William Littleboy Chief Risk Officer William joined Standard Life Investments in 2001 from Pareto Partners (a specialist quantitative asset manager) in London where he was Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he had been with Citibank since 1982, initially working in London before going on to lead its business within the investment management industry in the UK and Europe. In 1991, he was appointed Citibank's Regional Manager for Scotland & North England. He then moved to Frankfurt in 1994, where he was first appointed Regional Business Manager and subsequently Chief Operating Officer. William holds an MA in Mathematics from St. John's College, Cambridge. He was appointed Chief Risk Officer for Standard Life Investments in 2010. David Cumming Global Head of Equities As Global Head of Equities, David is responsible for managing our equity team and overall equity investment performance. He joined Standard Life Investments in 1998 as an Investment Director responsible for corporate pooled pension funds, UK equity portfolios and a number of segregated clients. Following his appointment as Head of UK Equities in March 2000, David continues to manage pooled and segregated UK equity portfolios. He also manages equities for the UK Life Fund. David was appointed to the Board of Standard Life Investments as Executive Director in June 2004. He graduated with an MA (Hons) in Economics and Accounting from Edinburgh University. Rod Paris Chief Investment Officer Rod started his career with Standard Life Investments as Head of Global Fixed Income in May 2002 and was appointed to our Board of Directors in June 2004. He was previously Managing Director and Head of Global Fixed Income at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Prior to that, Rod was a director of Mercury Asset Management, and also worked with Warburg Asset Management and Chase Manhattan Bank. He holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Keble College, Oxford. Colin Walklin Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director Colin started his career in 1975 as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, before joining UK stockbroker Sheppards and Chase as Corporate Finance Manager in 1981. He then moved to Switzerland in 1982 to take up the position of Business Planning Manager with Philip Morris. In 1985, he joined Deloitte as a Management Consultant (financial services sector) and, during his time there, was seconded to the Bank of England for two years. Colin joined Standard Chartered in 1992 and was appointed Group Head of Finance in 1999. In 2002, he moved to Barclays, initially as Group Financial Controller and, in 2005, was appointed CFO of Barclaycard. He joined Standard Life Investments in 2007. Colin has a BSc in Engineering, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Panel Member on the Financial Reporting Review Panel (part of the FRC). Colin Clark Executive Director, Global Client Group Colin began his career as a graduate trainee with SG Warburg & Co in 1980. In 1983, he joined Mercury Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager responsible for UK equity research and for the management of UK equity portfolios. In 1987, Colin moved to New York as Head of Sales and Client Service, before returning to London in 1989 as Head of Marketing. In 1996, he was appointed Head of Global Sales and Marketing and was a member of a senior management team involved in negotiating the acquisition of Mercury Asset Management by Merrill Lynch in November 1997. In 1999, he was appointed Head of Global Marketing at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Colin was appointed to the Board of Standard Life Investments in December 2004 as a Non-Executive Director and became an Executive Director in March 2010. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Colin holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University College, Oxford. Roger Renaud President, Standard Life Investments Inc. (Canada) Roger began his financial career as an actuarial assistant with Sun Life of Canada in 1982. After lecturing on the Montreal Stock Exchange for ten years, he joined Scotia McLeod as an Investment Executive. In 1989, Roger joined First Marathon as Vice President, before joining Standard Life Investments Inc. in 1991. In 1995, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, before taking on his current position as President in 2005. Stephen Acheson Executive Director, Global Strategic Partnerships (Standard Life) Stephen started with Standard Life in 1982 as an actuarial trainee, qualifying in 1988. After joining the investment operation as an analyst in 1987, he held a variety of investment management posts over the next eight years, ultimately serving as head of the Japanese equity desk. In 1995, he assumed control of the corporate pooled pension fund business and his responsibilities were widened in 1999 to include the segregated funds and the UK Life Fund. In 2001, he became responsible for the retail pooled pension funds and the remaining parts of the UK business, i.e. the net unit-linked funds and the mutual funds, in 2003. In 2007, Stephen assumed the role of Head of Global Client Services & Business Management, a function that combined many of the sales and service functions of the UK and overseas operations. During 2008/9, he took on a number of senior responsibilities within the wider Standard Life group, including positions on the boards of Heng An Standard Life and Standard Life Asia, as well as beginning service as a trustee to the Standard Life Staff Pension Fund. He assumed his current role in 2010 taking overall responsibility for the provision of investment management services and support to the wider Standard Life Group. Mike Tumilty Director of Operations Mike Tumilty is Director of Operations. In this capacity, Mike is responsible for all aspects of operations across Standard Life Investments. This extends to the management of our two major outsource providers: CitiGroup for fund administration and Bank of New York Mellon (BYNM) for transfer agency. Mike joined Standard Life as a graduate trainee in 1994 and spent two years in various parts of the company gaining an understanding of all aspects of the business. After this, he moved into the mutual funds arena and spent time between 1996 and 1998 as a Business Consultant with responsibility for the Unit Trusts to OEICS Conversion Programme. In 1998, Mike was appointed Head of Mutual Funds Operations with responsibility for all aspects of mutual funds administration. At the end of 2001, he was appointed Head of Change Management for Standard Life Investments. During his four years as Head of Change Management, Mike was responsible for a number of major strategic change programmes including the implementation of a Global Trade Order Management system, the outsource of the Investment Administration function to CitiGroup and the outsource of the Mutual Funds Transfer Agency function to BNYM. In October 2005, he was then appointed Head of Investment Operations where he was responsible for continuing the evolution and management of the Standard Life Investments operating model. In August 2010, Mike was appointed to the Board as Executive Director of Operations. Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Diploma in Management. Joanne Bradley Head of Global Communications Joanne has been Head of Global Communications since joining Standard Life Investments in 2001. In 2011, she was appointed to the Board. From 1991 to 2001, Joanne held various roles at Lloyds TSB Scotland including Chief Press Officer. Previously, her international and corporate banking career spanned 20 years and included responsibility for cross border payments, correspondent banking in the US and Europe, and treasury functions. Joanne started her career with Royal Bank of Scotland in retail and international banking. Joanne has also held a number of key advisory roles. These include campaign manager for Standard Life's demutualisation 'yes' vote, various working parties in Europe on the Single Currency Task Force and European Monetary Union UK representative in Brussels. Gordon Teasdale Head of People Having started his career with Timex in Dundee, Gordon has operated as an HR professional for more than 20 years. He has held key roles in a number of major organisations and in a range of industries. He initially joined Standard Life Group to head up its remuneration and benefits function. In 1997, as Head of Human Resources, Gordon became a member of a team created by Sir Sandy Crombie with a view to building Standard Life Investments. Gordon was appointed a Director of Standard Life Investments in May 2012. He holds an honours degree in Politics and Sociology from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Guy Stern Head of Multi-Asset & Macro Investing As Head of Multi-Asset & Macro Investing, Guy provides leadership to the multi-asset and macro investment capabilities at Standard Life Investments. Guy joined Standard Life Investments in April 2008 as Head of Multi-Asset Management. Since he joined, Guy has been responsible for the day-to-day management of the Multi-Asset Investing Team that oversees asset allocation in our range of multi-asset portfolios. He has also been responsible for investment idea origination, portfolio construction and implementation. Guy previously worked as CIO, Multi-Asset Class Solutions, at Credit Suisse Asset Management for its UK and US divisions. Guy has over 30 years’ experience, holds a BA from Rutgers University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Guy was appointed to the Board of Standard Life Investments in 2013. Richard Charnock CEO Standard Life Wealth Richard is an executive director of Standard Life Investments and CEO of Standard Life Wealth. He joined Standard Life in February 2007 with a brief to create and launch Standard Life Wealth. Richard oversaw the acquisition of Newton Private Clients in 2013, which positioned Standard Life Wealth as a major provider of discretionary fund management in the UK wealth management sector. Alongside heading up Standard life Wealth, Richard was a member of Standard Life UK Executive Board from 2010 to 2014 and subsequently became Managing Director of the Adviser and Investment business of Standard Life UK. He had responsibility for all Standard Life retail channel activity in the UK and Ireland and was also CEO of Standard Life Savings with responsibility for the Wrap platform and Fundzone businesses. Immediately before joining Standard Life, Richard was CEO of Williams de Broe and prior to that, he was CEO of Lloyds TSB Private Banking, Lloyds TSB IFA and Lloyds TSB Stockbrokers. Richard is a board director and Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments and chairs the CISI Ethics and Integrity Committee. He is also a member of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers, the Cornhill Club and a Trustee of the Shrewsbury School Foundation. He served with the British army in the mid-1980s and holds an honours degree in Geography from the University of Durham. 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