Anne Richards

Dame Anne Helen Richards (born 1964) is the chief executive officer of Fidelity International. Previously, she served as chief investment officer of Aberdeen Asset Management and chief executive officer of M&G Investments. Early career Scottish-born, she was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh. Richards began her career with a research fellowship at CERN, after graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a First-Class Honours degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering. She subsequently worked for Cambridge Consultants, before pursuing further studies in France at INSEAD graduating as MBA. City career Richards worked initially as an analyst with Alliance Capital, before moving to JP Morgan, working in portfolio management, and then moving on to Mercury Asset Management, and later MLIM. In 2002 she took up the post of Chief Investment Officer and Joint Managing Director of Edinburgh Fund Managers plc. When EFM was taken over by Aberdeen Asset Management in 2003, Richards continued in her role as Chief Investment Officer.