Biography
Main responsibilities
Richard is the Head of Liquidity Funds portfolio management. He is the fund manager of the Aviva Investors Sterling Liquidity fund, Aviva Investors Government Liquidity fund, Aviva Pension Deposit Fund, and Aviva Life Deposit Fund.
Experience and qualifications
Richard joined the investment industry as a custody clerk in the operations department at Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association, which would ultimately become part of Aviva Investors. He worked through various operations roles before joining the Treasury desk in 1996 as Treasury dealer. Richard holds a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance. Since its launch in 2002 Richard has been responsible for running the Aviva Investors Sterling Liquidity fund. Richard was made Head of Liquidity portfolio management in 2018.
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