He joined the FT in 1990. In previous posts, he has been US markets editor, US banking correspondent, and Mexico City bureau chief. He is currently based in New York. His publications include The Victim’s Fortune - Inside the Epic Battle Over the Debts of the Holocaust, co-authored by Richard Wolffe and published by HarperCollins in 2002.

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In 1974 he joined G.T. Management in Hong Kong as chief economist. Between 1976 and 1996 he published Asian Monetary Monitor, a bimonthly journal specialising in monetary analysis of economics in the East Asia Pacific area. In 1983 he proposed a scheme for stabilizing the Hong Kong dollar. The plan was adopted by the Hong Kong Government and is still in operation today. John was also the editor of two GT publications: Global Trends and Emerging Market Trends.

From 1986 until 1993 he was chairman of G.T. Management (Asia) Ltd. He was also a council member (director) of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Clearing Corporation (1989-91) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (1992-93), as well as an economic adviser to the Hong Kong Government (1992-93)

Early in 1994 he transferred to G.T. Capital Management in San Francisco as chief economist. In June of 1994 John was awarded the OBE in recognition of his standing as an economist and his professional contributions to the Hong Kong Government and public bodies.

Following the acquisition of GT by AMVESCAP in 1998, he returned to Hong Kong for one year (1998-1999) before transferring to INVESCO in London. In November 1998 he was appointed to the Currency Board Operations Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and he continues to serve as a member of that committee.

Currently, John is responsible for coordinating group macro economic research and providing macro economic input to both equity and fixed income groups in the INVESCO group.

He has published articles in numerous financial publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and the Far Eastern Economic Review.

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John joined Russell in 1982, initially heading quantitative services and performance measurement for the London office. In 1985, he transferred to London consulting, where he worked with U.K. and European pension funds; he was subsequently assigned in 1990 to the Tacoma-based U.S. consulting group for a two-year period.

In 1992, John returned to London and until 1997 served as head of Russell’s analytical services. He took on the role of Managing Director of Russell’s U.K. office until the European business was integrated in 2000 and then became chief operating officer. In 2002, John moved to head Russell’s client communications and support group and in April 2005 he moved to his current role.

Prior to joining Russell, John was with Hallmark Associates, a computer software firm, where he worked as a computer systems analyst. He began his career in financial services with Barclays Bank in 1978 as an investment analyst and assistant portfolio manager. He holds a BSc. Pure Mathematics, is a Fellow of the Society of Investment Professionals and is a CFA Charterholder.

John is Chair of the CFA Institute Board of Governors.

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Jamie has worked on a number of key FTSE projects including the design and implementation of FTSE Currency Hedge Indices for the Hong Kong Mandatory Funds, the FTSE/Xinhua Index Series, and the FTSE JSE Index Series. Jamie has also managed and designed the FTSE Global Style Index Series, the FTSE ISS Corporate Governance Index Series, and the FTSE Global Sectors. He has also been closely involved with the consultancy and development of the custom index capability within FTSE.

Before joining FTSE Group, Jamie successfully completed a BSc (Hons) International Business Economics degree at LancasterUniversity.

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Robert Gardner is Partner and Co-Principal of Redington Partners LLP.

Redington Partners LLP provides independent and strategic advice to Pension Funds, Corporate Sponsors and Insurance Companies. Robert is one of its founding Partners.

Robert was previously a Director in the Insurance & Pensions Solutions Group at Merrill Lynch (Europe, Middle East and Africa) with over 7 years experience in implementing and executing ALM derivative solutions across a range of asset classes.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2003, he worked in the Relative Value Group, UK and Global Risk Strategy Group at Deutsche Bank, Global Markets in London.

Redington is passionate about innovation. In 2003, whilst at their former employers, Merrill Lynch, Redington's partners implemented the market's first full LDI (Liability Driven Investing) hedge with a FTSE 100 pension scheme to protect the scheme against adverse movements in interest rates and inflation. As rates fell and inflation rose during the next three years, the scheme was fully immunised. So much so, that as equities rose over the same period, the scheme moved out of deficit and into surplus, the exact opposite of most other defined benefit schemes. After that first pioneering transaction, they implemented several more; some were with pension schemes, others with insurance companies but all were cutting edge and highly effective.

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Sreekala graduated in 2002 from the University of London with a Ph.D. in Economics. Whilst completing her thesis, she also worked as a Lecturer teaching economics.

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