Appointed
Independent Non-Executive Director in July 2016
Committees
Interim Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Skills and experience
Karl brings some 30 years' international experience in the investment industry gained through both executive and non-executive roles.
Previous appointments
Karl was a founding Partner of institutional asset manager Oxford Investment Partners, which was bought by Towers Watson in 2013. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Morgan Grenfell/Deutsche Asset Management between 1992 and 2004 including Chief Investment Officer for London, Australia, Europe and the Asia Pacific. Since 2006 he has developed his non-executive director career, with a focus on investment management and the investment trust sector in particular. From 2010 to 2015 he was a Non-Executive Director of Friends Life Group plc where he was Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee. Karl was Chairman of JPMorgan Income & Growth Investment Trust plc until November 2016, and Non-Executive Director of Herald Investment Trust plc until April 2024.
Current external appointments
Karl is Chairman of Monks Investment Trust plc, Clipstone Industrial Reit plc (listed in the Channel Islands), and Apax Global Alpha Limited, and a Non-Executive Director of Howard de Walden Estates.
