Biography
Louise Hall has spent her entire 30 year career within the UK private client and wealth management industry. As an experienced investment manager, she fulfilled a number of roles during that period at Investec Wealth & Investment including Head of Charities and Head of London Investment Management and most recently, as a member of the UK board. During her time at Investec she served on and chaired many committees most latterly Conduct Risk, in addition to those covering the areas of Operations, Technology and Compliance. She has been a longstanding school Governor and recently joined the Investment & Pension Committee of Save the Children as an independent member. She joined the board of JM Finn in August 2023.
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