TheAirdForce

Joining Investec not long after the group set up in the UK, David Aird has seen it grow from a fledgling asset management company to one ready to stand up and be counted

"We are 18 years old. If you draw an analogy with a human, at 18 you are just trying to work out who you are. You work out your position in life - you work out your strengths and weaknesses." David Aird confesses it has taken a long time for Investec Asset Management to be able to articulate what it stands for. Formed in 1991 in South Africa, Investec entered the UK marketplace seven years later, albeit to some client misunderstanding. Aird, the managing director of Investec's retail and institutional business, admits no one knew what Investec was when the company made the move to Lon...