Rathbones elevates five to investment manager in raft of promotions across the business

33 people promoted

Valeria Martinez
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The newly-appointed investment managers are Imogen Carter, Hasan Chakarto, Jake Clothier, Joel Swift and Giles Wood.
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The newly-appointed investment managers are Imogen Carter, Hasan Chakarto, Jake Clothier, Joel Swift and Giles Wood.

Rathbones has named five new investment managers as part of a raft of promotions across the business, Investment Week can reveal.

The newly-appointed investment managers are Imogen Carter, based in Glasgow, the London-based Hasan Chakarto and Jake Clothier, Greenbank's Joel Swift and Giles Wood from the Bristol office. 

Carter joined Rathbones in October 2020 as an investment management graduate trainee before being promoted to assistant investment manager two years later. 

Chakarto has been with the firm since August 2018, starting as a client service executive before being promoted to assistant to the investment manager, and later assuming the role of assistant investment manager in April 2022.

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Clothier began as an administrative assistant in April 2018 and later was promoted to trainee investment manager. In July 2021, he took on the role of assistant investment manager. 

Swift joined Greenbank Investments in August 2020 as a trainee investment manager before being promoted to assistant investment manager in April 2022. 

Wood has worked at Rathbones since March 2021, starting out as a trainee investment manager and taking on the role of assistant investment manager in October 2022.

Rathbones has also elevated Louisa Braywood, Aidan Brennan, Taylor Cullen, James Duke-Williams, Chris Holton, Charlie Lawson, Ellie Murphy, Max Smith, William Smith and Ailsa Wishart to assistant investment manager. 

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A further ten people have been promoted to investment director; Charlie Campbell, Iain Craig, Joe Crehan, Ollie Hext, Findlay Ingram, Christopher Johnstone, Jay Lawrence, Alex Neilson, Rosie Sparrowhawk and Alex Young.

The firm's graduate trainees have completed Rathbones' two-year graduate academy, leading to promotions to assistant investment manager and assistant portfolio manager. 

From 2022's cohort, Charlotte Hart, Nick Forbes, Sefa Taphasan, Margaret Attoh, Andrea Dar, Will Rigg and Laura Borland will all be promoted to assistant investment manager.

Xander Vydra has also secured an assistant portfolio manager role in the charities team.

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