Bhaven Patel – Business Development Manager, Compeer

Having joined Compeer in June 2015, Bhaven is responsible for managing our existing wealth management and private banking client relationships. In addition, he is developing relations with asset management firms to extend our business performance benchmarking service.

Prior to working at Compeer, Bhaven worked in equity sales for HNWI clients at Whitman Howard. He graduated from The London School of Economics, where he studied Economics and Economic History. He is a member of CISI, holding the IAD qualification.

James Brown – Director of Client Services, Compeer

James joined Compeer in October 2006 as an analyst following his graduation from The University of Warwick, where he studied Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics.  Today he manages Compeer’s team of analysts. He has widely presented key trends in the UK Wealth Management Industry, with in-depth experience of providing statistical analysis of firms’ business performance. He regularly provides recommendations during presentations to Executive boards, and is actively involved in bespoke research projects.

Nick Hulme – Head of Department (Advisers, Wealth and Pensions), FCA

Nick joined the FCA in 2019 after a decade in financial stability and prudential supervision roles at the FSA, Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority. He has also worked in private office for two Ministers of State at HM Treasury. Prior to this role in Consumer Investments, he worked in the FCA’s Financial Resilience Department. He holds an MBA Dip from Said Business School, Oxford University and BA Hons in Financial Management and Italian from Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also a publicly elected volunteer Governor of East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and previously a Treasurer Trustee at two sports charities.

David Ostojitsch – Director of Government Relations and Policy, PIMFA

David joined PIMFA in November 2022 as Director of Government Relations and Policy. He is responsible for PIMFA’s relationships with governments and regulators and regulatory and supervisory policy.

Before joining PIMFA, David spent 16 years working across financial services change and policy, including four years as the Director of Technology and Operations at the Association of Financial Markets Europe (AFME). Earlier in his career, David worked at PwC in investment management and technology advisory.

George Littlejohn – Senior Adviser, CISI

George Littlejohn qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC in London before becoming a journalist with The Economist, specialising in financial and economic matters. He is now Senior Adviser at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, having conducted advisory work in financial centres across Europe, the Middle East and Asia over the past two decades. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, in development economics.

His main focus over the past decade has been on sustainability and resilience, particularly in relation to the climate challenge and the other UN Sustainable Development Goals, notably biodiversity. He is editor of the CISI’s Review of Financial Markets magazine, and The International Banker, the journal of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.

He is currently leading on the 695th Lord Mayor’s Ethical AI Initiative, developing an educational programme for AI professionals and with a specific focus on using AI to improve our understanding and harnessing of sustainable finance.

He is a trustee and head of the development board of Black Mountains College near Hay-on-Wye, a new institution which is dedicated to sustainability.

David Kemp – UK CEO, Member of the Group Management Board of GAM Holding AG, and Global Head of Legal and Compliance, GAM

Prior to joining GAM in October 2018, David was General Counsel, Asset & Wealth Management at Schroders from 2012. He previously held a number of senior front office positions in investment banks including Head of Sales and Structuring. His experience includes credit, commodities, infrastructure, direct lending, non-performing loans, alternatives, quantitative strategies, supply chain finance and sharia compliant products dealing with institutions, corporate and high net worth clients across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America. David began his career as a solicitor with leading City law firm Simmons & Simmons. David holds a post-graduate diploma in law and legal practice course from the College of Law, Guildford, a master’s degree in Business Finance from Brunel University and a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from King’s College, University of London. He holds the FT NED Diploma.

Richard Bernstein – Compliance Director, JM Finn

Richard has extensive experience in Compliance & Risk roles starting his career at Barclays before working at F&C Asset Management, and then spending nine years at Close Brothers Asset Management. Prior to joining JM Finn Richard was Chief Risk Officer at Kingswood Group. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Chartered Fellow of the CISI. Richard is also a member of the PIMFA Regulation Committee, Chair of the PIMFA Advice Group and a member CISI Compliance Forum as well as the CISI Integrity Committee. Outside of work, Richard is a trustee of the Printing Charity, Member of the Chelmsford Learning Partnership, Governor of Roding Valley High School and long-suffering season ticket holder at Leyton Orient.