The Third Annual WealthBriefing Wealth For Good Awards 2024

Jennifer co-leads AlTi’s impact investing strategy globally and directly oversees the firm’s Inclusive Innovation strategy, which is aimed at building thriving and equitable communities through investments that improve access and affordability, and that activate equitable capital flows toward diverse ownership models and fund managers. Gender and racial equity are central to AlTi’s thematic work.

Jennifer works with clients seeking to align capital with their personal sets of values, and has an established practice advising female investors. Her past experience as a wealth manager and investor includes positions at Wetherby Asset Management, Venture Investment Associates and Wilmington Trust in New York.

A regular speaker at industry events, Jennifer is a member of the Investment Committee at United Religions Initiative, a nonprofit that fosters cooperation among different cultural and religious groups in communities around the world.

Sabila is CEO and Founder of Din Consultants, HQ in London and is an accomplished global business management, marketing and gender specialist. She works with global private banks, elite family offices and entrepreneurs - delivering propositions for growth. She works extensively with World Bank/IFC across EMEA, building financial capacity to drive female SME growth and gender financial inclusion. In addition to her consultancy, she also runs a ‘property private client office’. Prior to setting up her businesses, she held senior roles at ABN AMRO, Asia, JWT HK and was an Associate, IBM e-business fs consultant, EMEA.

Cath Dovey is a co-founder of the Beacon Collaborative, a collective impact movement aimed at increasing giving and social investment among the UK’s wealthy population. Beacon forges collaboration among organisations that work with wealthy donors through a range of activities covering peer influence, public awareness, research and measurement, professional advice and political engagement. She was formerly a co-founder of Scorpio Partnership, the global wealth management strategy and research firm. She chairs Rosa, the UK fund for women and girls. She is a trustee of Philanthropy Impact and First Star UK. She is a member of the technical panel of the Law Family Commission on Civil Society.

Boon Consulting was founded by Sianne Haldane. Sianne is a STEP qualified lawyer with over twenty years experience working and consulting in the third sector as well as advising private clients. Sianne was formerly Chief Impact Officer at Maanch, an ESG tech consulting firm where she worked with large corporate to embed sustainability programmes. Before then, Sianne was Head of Planned Giving Philanthropy at Cancer Research UK, the UK's largest charity, where she brought in their three largest ever individual gifts, totalling over $100M.

Sianne is Chair of the STEP Global Philanthropy Advisers Special Interest Group. She sits is on the Advisory Committee of the UN Global Compact UK and acts as an advisor on UBP's Biodiversity Restoration Impact Fund. She regularly gives keynote talks at philanthropy and private client conferences and events. She is also a Trustee of both Save the Rhino and Mosaik Education a charity helping refugees access tertiary education. She also works with corporates on their sustainability and CSR strategies.

Elise is Communications Director of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), a unique multi-sector collaboration between the private sector, governments and civil society designed to build resilience in the regions and communities most vulnerable to ocean risk, by pioneering finance and insurance products that incentivise investment into nature-based solutions.

She previously served as COO, Head of Investor Relations and Board Director at Earth Capital, an early-stage growth equity investor, investing across the UK and Europe in clean technology solutions within the energy, food and water sectors.

With over a decade of experience in the investment industry, she has also worked at KKR and Edge VC.Elise relocated to India for over two years, working with NGOs focused on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and biodiversity where amongst other duties she handled relations between the various projects and their donors.

She has a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute, in Environmental Management from IEMA and attended The Chartered Institute of Marketing. She sits on the Advisory Board for Pensions for Purpose and is a Member of the Institute of Directors and 100WF.

Mark Hussein is the UK CEO of HSBC Life and Head of UK Insurance at HSBC. Mark has spent more than two decades in a variety of financial services roles, with the majority working for HSBC Group. He was appointed CEO, HSBC Life (UK), and Head of UK Insurance in November 2015. He is responsible for the Life manufacturing business and General Insurance Partnerships across HSBC, First Direct and M&S Bank.

Between two tenures at HSBC, Mark spent three years with Kleinwort Benson as Head of Private Wealth Management UK and the Channel Islands. This gave him responsibility for both Private Banking and Private Fiduciary Services in the UK, Channel Islands and Internationally. He was a member of the Kleinwort Benson group regional executive committee and sat on the board of Kleinwort Benson Trustees.

I am a co-founder and CEO of Accuro Group. In 2017 I led the management buyout that galvanized Accuro as the independent, values-driven and award-winning business it is today. I drive our international strategy, mission and vision. I am also advising clients on estate planning, taxation, philanthropy and trusts, with the objectives of protecting their families and their wealth whilst supporting their positive contribution to the world.

I am the treasurer of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, an independent hosting foundation based in Switzerland encouraging charitable giving by creating and managing philanthropic funds. I also sit on the board of the Fondation Pacifique, a Swiss foundation whose missions are to promote greater understanding of human impact on the oceans and to raise awareness of related issues concerning sustainable development.

My qualifications include a master’s degree in Law from Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), Magna Cum Laude. I was awarded a European Community Scholarship at University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). I am also a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (TEP) and a former Vice-President of the Swiss Association of Trust Companies.

I speak French, English, Spanish and Dutch.

Since 1974 Nigel has created, built and scaled social enterprises and investment. Joining The Big Issue Group (TBIG) in 1994, he subsequently  became CEO, and then Group Chair. In 2004 Nigel and Lord Bird launched Big Issue Invest which has directly invested in over 400 UK social enterprises. TBIG currently manage or advise on over US$500m of private and public impact funds. Nigel and his team devised and then partnered to develop two public market funds. In 2013 with Columbia Threadneedle, the UK Social Bond Fund and then with Aberdeen Standard Investment, the Multi-Asset Climate Solutions Fund. He also co-founded The Big Exchange, the largest impact-only online supermarket incorporating 50 rated funds with a combined Assets Under Management of over US$70bn. Nigel trained as a lithographic printer and also worked as a systems analyst, project manager and trade union official. He has founded three printing and publishing social enterprises and is a Social Enterprise UK ‘Champion of Champions’.

Keith has been a partner advising financial services firms for over 35 years, leading businesses for EY, CapGemini and Capco.  He led EY’s Wealth Management and Private Banking business for over 10 years and continues to advise organisations in this sector.  He is currently advising a range of fintechs and other start/scale ups on strategy, distribution, partnerships and funding.  He is also a trustee and adviser to several philanthropic and charity bodies.

Stephen Metcalf is Head of Sustainable Investing for RBC Wealth Management in the British Isles and Asia. He oversees the integration of sustainability issues into decision making across discretionary and advisory investment offerings. Additionally he produces thought leadership pieces on ESG topics and is responsible for the research and selection asset managers in the ESG space. Stephen joined RBC Wealth Management in 2018 as an Analyst in the discretionary team before moving in to the Global Manager Research team, commencing his present role at the start of 2021. Prior to joining RBC, Stephen graduated from the London School of Economics with a degree in Economics.

Recently recognised as "tax & trusts lawyer of the year" (Spears' Wealth Management Awards 2022), James is the head of our private wealth team. James is widely regarded  as one of the leading practitioners in the UK and is described in the Chambers HNW Guide (2019) as “very much a figurehead of the industry…… he carries a lot of experience”.

James has a wide ranging practice, advising on UK and international taxation, residency and domicile, offshore pensions and trusts, asset protection, succession planning and HMRC disputes.

James is one of the most prominent private client lawyers in the UK and frequently appears in the press and broadcast media (Sky News, BBC TV News, BBC Radios 2 / 3 / 4 / 5, Bloomberg TV and the BBC World Service). He writes and lectures widely on tax policy. The private client publication "e-private client" names James, for the last 8 years running, as a "Top 50 Most Influential' in the private client industry.

As well as being a solicitor, regulated by the SRA, he is a Registered Tax Technician, regulated by the Association of Tax Technicians (ATT). He is an active member of STEP and a contributing editor for Lexis/Nexis.

Combining both an in-depth knowledge of marketing strategy and business development, Matthew has sat on senior management teams and led significant business growth. His deep experience with HNW/UHNW clients, knowledge of wealth management and expertise in marketing strategy to improve brand awareness, client experience and business development are extensive. Until recently he was Managing Director, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Close Brothers Asset Management having previously held senior management positions at Deutsche Bank, Coutts and Credit Suisse.

Melvyn is the Founder of Singapore-based, TRIREC, which is the leading investment firm incorporated in 2015 with the aim of making a meaningful impact on addressing climate change through a disciplined investment approach by supporting entrepreneurs and companies that share our belief in a sustainable future. TRIREC’s investment mandate is focused on the decarbonization theme and invests in early-stage startups globally. Melvyn started his career in Goldman Sachs and was with the firm for more than a decade. He was the Co-Founder of Thirdrock Group which was the leading Asian independent asset manager that was acquired by UK-listed Schroders plc in 2019. Melvyn was the Deputy CEO of Schroders Wealth Management Asia till 2021 and he also chaired the Asia Investment Committee and co-Chaired the Private Assets Investment Committee for Schroders Wealth Management globally during his tenure.