Emma is an experienced director, having worked in both the UK and North America. She has broad capital markets and significant international investment expertise, gained as both an executive and non-executive director.

From 2002 to 2013 Emma was a founding partner of Oriel Securities, which was sold to Stifel Corporation, and in her early career she worked for HSBC James Capel and Schroders. Emma currently serves as a non-executive director of St James’s Place plc and of IA Financial Group (listed on the TSX in Canada) and has recently joined the board of NM Rothschild and Sons Limited. She also serves on the board of Claridge Inc., a private investment firm, and on the board of one of its largest individual investments.

Emma has a master’s degree in Latin and Greek from the University of Oxford.