Ninety One

Deirdre is Head of Sustainable Equity within the Multi-Asset team at Ninety One. Deirdre is a leading voice in understanding and committing to sustainable investing, particularly investment to address and combat climate change. Ninety One's Global Environment Strategy, which she co-manages, invests in companies enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy to capture the structural growth driven by decarbonization.

Prior to joining Ninety One in 2018, Deirdre was a Partner, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research at Ecofin. Before joining Ecofin, Deirdre was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley where she headed their European Renewable Energy coverage effort and built an investment banking and principal investing franchise.

She has long had a passion for sustainable investing and has worked on a voluntary basis in the microfinance sector both in the US and in Pakistan.

She is a member of the advisory board of Girls Who Invest, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to increase the percentage of the world's investable capital run by women, as well as the advisory board for Imperial College's Centre for Climate Finance and Investment. She is a peer reviewer for the IEA's World Energy Outlook. Deirdre earned her MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar, and her BA in Actuarial Science from University College Dublin.

Will is a sales associate in the UK Advisor team within the UK Client Group. He is responsible for providing support to the Sales Managers working with both prospective and existing retail clients. His focus regions include South England, the Midlands, Wales and East Anglia.

Will holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Exeter. He holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).

Denis is the Sales Director - Head of Regional Sales within the UK Client Group at Ninety One. He is responsible for supporting wealth & discretionary asset managers, top end advisory clients, stockbrokers and regional life company clients.

Prior to joining Ninety One, he worked at Morgan Stanley within the client relations team.

Denis graduated from the University of Cape Town in South Africa with a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) degree in Finance. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate.

Olivia is a sales associate in the UK Client Group at Ninety One. She is responsible for providing support to sales managers, working with both prospective and existing retail clients. Her focus is in the Midlands.

Prior to joining the firm, Olivia worked for Charles Stanley Group as an Investment Advisor within the MPS team. Here her focus was on covering the relationship management to private clients whilst regularly meeting with fund managers to discuss asset allocation and stock selection.

Olivia graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography.