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UNIQUE CAREER
JOURNEYS
united by a common
purpose
MAKING BETTER
DECISIONS
aring each other’s
by sh
experiences
I joined Redington a few months ago and, Through embracing each other’s
even in that short time, it’s clear to me that experiences, we’re able to make better
the people who work here do so because decisions and learn from one another.
they want to be part of a business that As these journeys show, there’s no one
has real purpose – over and above growth type of person who can succeed here.
and profit. While our stories are unique,
We thrive on the differences that our
they all have a common thread weaved
people bring and seek to support everyone
through them; a collective desire to do the
to grow and achieve their career ambitions
right thing – to do our bit to create better
while they’re with us. We think this makes
outcomes for people and the planet.
Redington a special place to work and
That’s what makes Redington, Redington.
helps us to provide the best possible
We hope this collection of employee career service to our clients too. I hope that by
journeys gives you some insight into our reading these stories you’ll feel inspired
team and the people who make Redington to create your own path and find your
what it is today. Inherent in our culture is Redington way too.
a focus on creating a working environment
where everyone feels included, empowered Katherine FitzGerald,
to speak up and share their opinions. Head of People
NATALIE
BEARDWELL:
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Interview Process
Team: Marketing
In 2015, we had far fewer
Role: Senior Vice President meeting rooms than we Induction Process
Joined: 2015 do today, and they were
always booked, so two of Once back I joined
Industry Experience: 10 years of experience my interviews found me every meeting
in the pensions & investments world! in Pret with the whole of possible to get up
Prior to joining Redington in-house, I spent the marketing team and to speed with what
5 years working for a niche PR & Wagamama’s with Mitesh. was going on in the
Communications agency. business and figure
out what I could get
my teeth into.
Hired
I spent one month getting
to know everyone before
Application route disappearing for 2 months.
I had found a company that
Before heading to Australia understood this was an
on a 2-month sabbatical an important journey for me.
ex-colleague of mine said Final Stage interview
I should have a chat with Ultimately, I believe it came First six months
the Redington team as they down to cultural fit. Neither
Redington nor I knew exactly Six months in, I knew
thought it’d be a good fit!
what we wanted (it was a new this would be the place
role). We were happy to find a for me to grow. It’s a
way that worked for all of us firm willing to take on
involved and benefited the new ideas, challenge
business in the long run. the status quo and try
something different and
the Redington team
around me didn’t seem
too bad either!
Career Milestones
Having decided after 3 months that Uni wasn’t Pulling off the Redington re-brand and office My progression at Redington from Analyst in
for me and landing my first job in the City one move in one big hit with an awesome team! 2015 to Senior Vice President in 2019.
month later.
LEE Hired
GEORGS:
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established companies, I found
m Redington’s start-up culture a bit
Final Stage interview of a shock. However, I loved the
Team: Management Redington and I both saw something people and the mission, so have
compelling in one another, but it took us enjoyed being a part of the team
Role: COO putting a bit of structure in place
a while to figure out what form a role would
Joined: 2017 take, so I did a number of odd jobs until on which to build and grow.
Industry Experience: 20 years in and out of we came to the COO role by mutual
the Financial Services Industry in roles spanning agreement in 2018.
Sales Management in International Private Banking
at Citibank & JPMorgan (New York), consulting to
the sector as an Asia Pac Regional Director
(Hong Kong) and in M&A Project Management
at Credit Suisse here in the UK.
Induction Process
I spoke to as many people
as possible across the
firm and used this wealth
of insight to form the
basis of my approach and
Interview Process recommendations.
I interviewed with Mitesh
Application route and several other senior
execs prior to joining
I was drawn to Redington Redington’s first Returnship
because of the People and program, through which we
Culture and because I was were looking to recruit more
interested in the institutional senior women into the firm.
side of the FS industry.
First six months
I spent the first 3 months on the Returnship
program and the following 3 working with the
corporate functions teams to determine the
appropriate structure needed to support the
organization going forward before being asked
Career Milestones to take on the Angel Court office fit-out.
Juggling work and family and navigating my MBA from Columbia Business School; SEC Returning after my 3-month mat leave after my
return to work after the arrival of my 3 boys, Series 7 & 63 (sadly now lapsed!). Joining first son was born into a new job as divisional
2 global relocations and 3 career breaks. Redington’s Board of Directors in 2019 sales manager at JPMorgan.
NIAMH Induction Process
HIGGINS:
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My first few days were full of
inductions from various parts of the
m business. Although I joined at quite
a busy time for the ALM team I
Team: ALM was able to get training from a few
different team members on technical
Role: Analyst concepts and the systems/processes
Final Stage interview
Joined: Jan 2020 Technical interview with
Industry Experience: Prior to Redington Alex (Co-Head of ALM) and an
I spent 18 months on a Graduate Scheme ALM associate which was quite
at AIG Investments. As well as a couple of unlike any other interview. First six months
actuarial summer internships at Aviva and Couldn’t believe at my level Getting involved on a RfP in
Pacific Life Re. that I had an interview with my first few weeks was very
the CEO and really enjoyed my helpful in getting familiar
conversation with Mitesh. with the ALM systems and
processes. Grateful I was able
to spend at least some time
in the office before remote
working began..
Hired
Before I started I was lucky
enough to join both the company
and team Christmas parties. I was
quite nervous to meet the team
Application route (and rest of company) all at once
and so opted not to go down the
A friend who had joined 178m slide at The Orbit on top
Interview Process
the ALM team a few months of that.
prior recommended that I met Mo (Co-Head of ALM)
I apply. and Scott from the People
team initially. After speaking
with Mo I admittedly went
from considering the move to
Redington to being very keen!
Career Milestones
AIG Global Real Estate team trip to Vienna, Bratislava and Prague meeting Getting a peer recognition award in my first
potential new joint venture partners and viewing proposed property 8 months with Redington.
acquisitions that I’d spent a lot of time researching and evaluating.
KEVSER Final Stage interview
KILINC:
I received a call the same day to come
in the next day to meet with Mitesh
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Speaking with Mitesh and Kav I knew
Interview Process Redington was the company which
Team: Finance Induction Process
would support me in my studies and
Role: Analyst I was called for an give me all the experience I can get. Multiple meetings throughout
interview and to take the day to meet other team
Joined: 2018
a test. That same day members and getting to know
Industry Experience: Before joining Redington was my practical exam how amazing Redington is.
had completed my A Levels and was studying for my driving licence,
AAT L2. Redington is my first job and role believe me my nerves
within the Financial Industry. were all over the place
and didn’t know what
to focus on!!!
Application route
Having completed my
Level 2 AAT studies
with LTSB, I had to find
a company to support
my studies and provide
work experience.
Redington joined one of
LTSB’s speed interviews
which is where I met Hired
Ross and Susan.
Having zero experience
in the working world I First six months
was super nervous and I learnt how to juggle work
lost on what do to. and study at the same time.
Redington’s culture It was difficult but my team
and amazing members helped me pull through and
helped me fit right in. before I knew it, I was holding
finance introductions for new
joiners and teaching consultants
how to use our revenue
tracking system.
Career Milestones
Successfully completing my Level 3 AAT Being offered a permanent role at Redington Taking the next step in my studies and starting
apprenticeship with Redington. where I still get to grow and learn. my journey with ACCA.
NICK
LEWIS :
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Team: Investment Consulting
Role: Director Induction Process
Joined: 2014 David Bennett gave me a
thorough rundown of the
Industry Experience: Started on the team, then it was sitting
Investment Consulting graduate programme Final Stage interview
next to Alex Lindenberg
at Aon in 2010, working primarily in Investment In my final interview, I and Mathias Rasmussen First six months
Consulting but also spent a year in their managed to confuse myself and bombarding them A seriously steep
Fiduciary Management team. on the difference between with questions. learning curve and
payer swaptions and receiver
a mind-set shift from
swaptions but managed to
“doing your job” to doing
rescue it and blame it on it
what is needed to help
being my 6th interview in
clients and the firm.
a row.
Interview Process
I was sold on the vision
of the firm. After a
Application route further 10 short
I got a text from Rob interviews in the space
Gardner (co-founder of of 3 days(!) I was really Hired
Redington) asking if he impressed by every The culture difference from moving
could buy me a coffee. person I spoke to. from a large firm to being employee
After a quick google, 56 at Redington was stark. When
I quickly said yes I could! asked my opinion on whether a client
should re-coupon their swap book
I was a rabbit in the headlights.
In 3.5 years this was the first time
I’d been asked my opinion on
something technical!
Career Milestones
Winning my first pitch about 6 months in felt Taking on line management of some really Twice requested to change my working
like a big step and was really exciting. incredible colleagues who will probably be my patterns materially. Both times I have been
manager in the future. told: “That’s really exciting and you can
definitely do that”.
SARAH
MILLER:
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Team: Manager Research
Hired
Role: Vice President
I started in July 2019
Joined: 2019 after a was lucky enough
Industry Experience: 6 years industry to get away for a few
experience in asset management and weeks of holiday whilst on
investment consulting in both client facing gardening leave.
and investment fund focused roles. Induction Process
Lots of induction meetings with
almost every team across the
business which provided me with
a great understanding of how
Redington worked.
Application route
Found the job on
LinkedIn and reached
Final Stage interview
out to contacts I had
at Redington to learn I talked Mitesh through my
a bit more about the career/life outside of my CV,
day to day. including what motivated me, First six months
key drivers and goals with It was an overwhelming six
regard to joining Redington. months. I was thrown into lots
Interview Process of research meetings with
investment managers, and
4 altogether. I met with 7 completed my first research
members of the manager project, including presenting
research team and a final to our Investment Strategy
interview with Mitesh (CEO). Committee. Redington is filled
with amazingly smart people that
I tried and continue to learn as
Career Milestones much as I could and can from!
Self funded and completed my IMC. Becoming a CFA Charterholder. Completed a research project on renewable
infrastructure equity. Spent time understanding
and developing views on the fund universe and
selecting ‘preferred’ strategies.
HOLLY
NARDI:
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Team: IC Final Stage interview
Induction Process
Role: Associate I was petrified about my final
spent a month camping out
Joined: 2017 stage interview. It was with
in one of the meeting rooms
Mitesh (the CEO) and David
Industry Experience: Redington is my first receiving training from
Bennett (who was Head of IC
‘adult job’ – I’ve been here ever since various people from across
at the time)! They were both
the firm and using this
I graduated three years ago, although it a lot less scary than I had
new-found knowledge
feels like so much longer! imagined.
to design an investment
strategy for a mock client.
Hired
Interview Process I vividly remember receiving
After the assessment the call to say I had gotten the
centre (which was job! I was queuing outside my
the most enjoyable I’d International Studies lecture.
attended) I was invited
back for three more First six months
Application route rounds of interviews I was forever shifting
with various members between feeling confident
I stumbled across of the firm. and feeling like I had no
Redington’s website when idea what I was doing. It’s
looking for grad jobs in taken me a long time to
wealth management. realise that you’re never
going to know everything
in this job – and that’s fine.
Career Milestones
Winning the Women in Pensions Rising Star I started writing a blog in 2019 and from this I Delivering a talk about the future of pensions
Award gave me the reassurance I needed. discovered a real passion for writing. I now split alongside our CEO, Mitesh, at a conference of
my time between consulting and producing around 2,000 people.
content for our clients.
ROSS
RADFORD:
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First six months
Definitely in the deep end
m from the start! Leading the
finance outsourcing in the
Team: Finance first 6 weeks of starting –
Final Stage interview
understanding the business,
Role: Director, Finance Think it was a combination re-designing all processes
Joined: July 2017 of my varied background, a to plug into the outsourced
growth mindset and being model, and implementing a
Industry Experience: 17 years working in
immediately available to get new reporting framework for
various finance roles across corporate finance, started on the new finance the high-growth plan.
audit, commercial finance and financial control, outsourcing project.
in various industries including investment
banking, professional services and now
pensions and technology.
Hired
This was the role I really
wanted. I had another
Application route offer at the time, which
I managed to hold off
Sent the job spec by while I waited to hear
a recruiter and after from Redington. High
reading the website risk but worth it when I Induction Process
and the CEO Mitesh’s got the call to say I was There was an immense amount
blog, sounded like this successful! of paperwork to complete –
was the ‘tribe’ I was
glad that process is now more
looking for.
streamlined! Everyone at the firm
has been friendly and helpful
from the start – from a warm
welcome and introduction at the
Interview Process kitchen to plenty of induction
It was 3 stages: The CFO, The sessions with the various teams
Head of People, our current to get up to speed.
COO and CFO.
Career Milestones
Qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC. 4 degrees covering information systems, Managing the finance operations, building the
which opened up amazing opportunities in finance and accounting; 3 professional 5 year model, restructuring the share scheme
countries like Switzerland and the UK. qualifications with the SA Institute of and going through the Phoenix transaction.
Chartered Accountants and the Chartered And now on to building out the FP&A function!
Institute of Management Accountants.SADIA
RAHMAN:
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Team: Investment Consulting and Technology Seamless virtual
onboarding process,
Role: Director, Client Development and clear investment
Joined: Sept 2020 by the business in
Industry Experience: Background in employee experience.
institutional business development within
the investment consulting and funds
management industry.
Interview Process
12+ conversations over
a few months with all the Hired
business leads. 1st Sept 2020 after
Application route First six months
finally arriving in
London 6 months • Getting to know my colleagues.
Approached Redington
behind schedule • Learning about Redington.
through industry contacts
due to the COVID • F eeding into year-end budgets
when I decided to relocate
19 pandemic. and revenue targets.
from Sydney, to London.
•D eveloping growth strategy
across industry segments.
•H elping to close open
opportunities.
Final Stage interview
I believe I was ultimately
hired due to breadth of
experience, paired with
track record and
cultural fit.
Career Milestones
Securing a very large, complex client win that Promotion from Associate Director to Director, Setting up a PR/Marketing function from
took over 24 months of active lead time and shortly after being moved from a contract to a scratch in 6 months while waiting for VISA
numerous internal stakeholders. permanent role. offices to reopen after the first Australian
COVID 19 lockdown.CHARLOTTE
REID:y career path
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Final Stage interview
Team: Technology
Three more interviews with Induction Process
Role: Support Engineer Associate the People, IC and Admin Lots of team
Joined: 2017 teams. After meeting a few meetings and
members of each team and information shared.
Industry Experience: 5 years reception and
finding out what Redington
Admin experience. Redington is my first role was all about I knew I wanted
in the Financial industry. to be part of the Redington
family on a long-term basis.
Application route
I was put forward by
a temping agency for
Interview Process First six months
a 3-month contract at
Redington. First interview was with Hired The first 6 months was
Lee from the US via me finding my feet as the
skype. I ended up being I knew Redington was going
role was new. I had great
sideways on the screen to be different. The Culture,
support from my teams.
and I this was going passion and encouragement
to be the end of my stood out for me. After temping
Redington journey but it for 3 months as IC team assistant
was just the beginning I believe I earnt my stripes
of my video-calling one! and landed a perm position as
an Analyst Team Assistant to
Marketing and Tech Teams.
Career Milestones
Promoted to Associate within 7 months. Moving from the Admin team to the tech team Becoming a Support Engineer after a year
Managing a split role across admin and in order to explore my career interests/options or so on-the-job learning.
tech for a few years. in tech.TOM
RICHARDS:
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Team: Technology
Role: Head of Engineering Hired
Joined: 2018 Received a call from Adam the
Final Stage interview next day. Definitely excited,
Industry Experience: 15 years of experience but equally nervous, I’d never
within Software Development, starting with Interview with Adam then
run an office before, let alone
internal business applications and process Mitesh and Zoe in Bristol.
built one from scratch.
automation, before moving towards highly- We sat in a local hotel bar
and chatted for a good hour.
configurable B2B systems. A brief dabble
with Crypto before landing on SaaS as the
real passion.
First six months
The first 3 months were great, a
balance of London, Bristol and
Family time. The next 3 was
where the challenges started –
Interview Process how to form / grow and integrate
Induction Process a new office – built some great
Mostly remote due to being
relationships across the business
the first hire into Bristol. We crammed loads of inductions
to help establish Bristol as part
Several lead developers, as into the first two weeks of
of Redington.
Application route well as a few coffees with October – prior to the birth of
Adam and Scott. my second child. Definitely an
A former colleague had joined exciting month!
Redington a few years prior. I’d seen
the opening of a Bristol office at the
same time as my ‘crypto’ career was
coming to a close
Career Milestones
Running a development team, building Establishing and running first office at Promotion to Director, Head of Engineering
a successful SaaS application during the Redington in 2018/2019. at Redington in 2020.
placement and final years of university.NICK
SAMUELS:
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Team: Manager Research
Role: Head of Manager Research
Joined: 2015
Industry Experience: 20 years in fund
management and investment consulting. Induction Process
Started at Schroders on the Asia and Final Stage interview Lots of very helpful
Emerging Market equity teams, before taking introductory meetings
Outlined a proposal on
that practitioner view to manager research with various parts of
how Redington could
at Stamford Associates, then latterly expand coverage into the business.
SEI Investments. equity strategies.
Interview Process
Application route Initial discussions with then First six months
Head of Manager Research, Hired
Approached by head- Straight into advising existing
then met rest of team and
hunter whilst leading SEI’s Started on 1st of clients on their equity
other senior stakeholders
London equity manager September 2015. holdings, and beginning
such as CIO and Head of DB.
research efforts. research into Global Equity for
the first time. Early new client
wins were very helpful too!
Career Milestones
Took over as Head of Manager Research Promoted to Managing Director in 2019.. Established firm’s Responsible Investment
in 2018 and joined the Investment Committee and became chair in early 2020.
Strategy Committee.CAROLYN Final Stage interview
SCHUSTER-WOLDAN:
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I met so many people on the final day that it’s
my caree
hard to say which was the last one! I think my
skillset as primarily a client-facing consultant,
with an passion for people development,
Team: Investment Consulting fitted what Redington were looking for at that
Role: Managing Director point in time.
Joined: April 2019
Induction Process
Industry Experience: Joined Bacon & Woodrow
as a graduate in pensions team in 1998. Moved to Started as a lot of
investment consulting with Mercer in 2003. Career tender requests came
in, which meant I was
break from 2010 – 2012 to look after young children.
busy pretty much from
Joined LCP in 2012, became partner in 2015.
the outset. It gave me
an opportunity to meet
the team whilst working
together.
Hired
Before I’d even officially
started, I participated in
a presentation in the
kitchen on International
Women’s Day. It was fairly
daunting standing up in
front of colleagues I’d
Interview Process never even met!
I met Mitesh as part of an
Application route industry-wide diversity
programme and then met
I’d admired Redington as a with what seemed like the
competitor – I was drawn to First six months
whole of the IC team, and
their reputation both as a Rob & Dawid. I helped win 2 new clients for Redington in the first
thought leader in investment 6 months, which meant that I had plenty to do. On
and the diversity of the team. the people side, I spent the time getting to know the
team and found areas that I could help with.
Career Milestones
I qualified as an actuary in 2001, and have since I’m proud of being a “returner” to the industry Joining Redington as an MD. As someone who
taken exams in derivatives. Currently working at a time when formal programmes didn’t exist. has always suffered from imposter syndrome,
towards the CFA Certificate in ESG investing. finding somewhere that really believed in me
from the outset really set the tone.MITESH
SHETH:
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Team: Management
Role: CEO Induction Process
Joined: 2013 No formal induction
Industry Experience: Got a summer internship process, but I had decided
to speak to all employees
at Aon, thanks to a charity youth volunteer.
and all clients.
Was offered a grad role as an investment Interview Process
analyst. I specialised in fixed income manager Interviewed by the founders First six months
research. Was then hired by WTW to be a fixed and the COO in early 2016. I blogged about this so you can
income researcher and consultant. Spoke to variety of senior get a detailed account.
leaders, as fact finding for the • New management team.
final stage presentation. • New roadmap.
• Upgraded pension benefits.
Application route • Re-design of performance
process.
Approached by Rob, Hired • Set goal of ‘100m people
I joined as a strategy financially secure’.
consultant, in MRT 6th April 2016. Started
in the role with a Town • Sunday Times Best Companies,
(2013) and then launched Redington.
Marketing working Hall presentation to
the whole firm • Returnship and FFS.
part time, before
applying for CEO role. (75 people then).
Final Stage interview
Present a 10-year
vision for Redington
to the founders. They
assessed me against
a whole series of
criteria (20+).
Career Milestones
Led the fixed income team (60 people) at Leaving the Head of Fixed Income role Preparing for and completing the deal with
Henderson in 2008, just before GFC hit, (2012) to travel less and spend more time PEP in 2019-20.
navigating the team and clients through the with my family.
eye of the storm.SUSAN
STEVENS:
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Introductory session
Team: People with HR and the various
teams across the
Role: SVP People business to understand
Joined: October 2015 who Redington is and
Industry Experience: Worked in HR/People what they do. First six months
in various industries including Utilities, IT Delivering the various
Hardware, Software, Engineering and projects including
Financial Services. a implementing a new HR
system, development an
effective graduate recruitment
process, and measuring
employment engagement.
Application route
Approached by a former
colleague who needed
some support to work Interview Process
on a number of HR Interviewed with the
Hired
initiatives and projects. COO and offered the Final Stage interview
job the next afternoon. 19th October 2015.
There wasn’t one as it
It was a pretty quick was an initial 8 month
turnaround! fixed term contract
which luckily become
permanent and the rest
is history.
Career Milestones
Gained promotion from Senior HR Advisor to Part time HR position with a pensions annuity Had a go at self employment as an HR
Head of HR, working with an amazing HR team. firm, (having once been a Trustee of a Pension Consultant but I soon realised I missed the
Scheme) following the starting of my family. corporate world.KEILLIAN
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Team: Consulting (DC & DB)
Role: VP Induction Process
Joined: 1 Sep 2015 ‘Learning to swim
Industry Experience: 5 years. from the deep end’
Interview Process comes to mind. I was
shown to my desk,
Asked a friend for a given a client list and
crash course in DB was told to be helpful!
pensions to prep for
Application route my interviews. Was a
I stumbled upon one of Rob’s half day interview with
blog posts and his passion was various people in the
infectious. Studying chemistry, firm, then moved onto
I knew nothing about pensions a final presentation. First six months
but knew that I wanted to Hired Most of this was spent
work for Redington. I was part of the first learning through catch
significant graduate intake ups with individuals and
in the consulting team, helping to write client
joining in the same year papers. Having Kenny
as 5-6 others. behind me and Phil to my
left also provided ample
learning opportunities.
Everyone was happy to
offer their time to teach
and help, regardless
of seniority. This was
Final Stage interview when I really understood
A presentation to 15 people Redington’s culture.
across the firm scheduled
to be the day after my final
university exam!
Career Milestones
The growth and development of the DC Gaining, what used to be called CF30 was a Taking on my first line management
business is a great milestone for me given that stamp of approval on the quality of my work responsibility in 2020. I have always valued
I was one of the team’s inaugural members! and client delivery. the help I received at the firm and have been
looking forward to doing the same for others.JADE Final Stage interview
WALKER:
Induction Process
Final interviews were
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As expected, the team were
m conducted in London with
the Product Lead and CEO.
incredibly welcoming and
there was so much support
I believe I was selected from day one. Given the split
Team: Technology because of my domain- locations, video calls quickly
Role: Product Owner specific knowledge, eagerness became the norm.
Joined: April 2019 to develop a new skill-set
and cultural fit.
Industry Experience: 4 years
working as an Investment Analyst
at St. James’s Place previously.
Interview Process
First six months
I decided to apply for the role
Application route of Product Owner when it was With the team growing so
created after working on the quickly and so many new
Impressions of Redington Hired
product since its inception. roles being created there
have always been incredibly Moved to Bristol and
I was invited for an initial was not only a lot to learn
positive when interacting with became the 7th person in
interview over a coffee in but a lot of opportunity to
them as the client. I distinctly the team to join the new
Bath with the CTO and Lead create our own processes
remember saying “I would love office! Then we had to start
Developer at the time. which was challenging
to work with them!” looking for a bigger space. at times but ultimately
incredibly rewarding.
Career Milestones
Creating a completely new team along with one Becoming a CFA charterholder. Taking on a new client within 6 months
other colleague and experiencing managing of working at Redington and successfully
people for the first time as a result. delivering on the first phase of the project.EDWIN
WHITEHEAD:
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Induction Process
m Undertook a whirlwind of
reading to get myself back
Team: Investment Consulting up to speed. For some
Role: Responsible Investment Lead reason, the more technical
nature of Liability-driven
Joined: 2018 investing had left my brain!
Industry Experience: Started as an Investment
Analyst at WTW, ,moved to PwC in 2015 to
join the Institutional Investment Consulting Final Stage interview
practice. Worked with clients across Central
I arrived in plenty of time for
Asia and the Middle East and continued to the 08:30 final interview with
hone a keen interest in sustainable investment. Mitesh. There was no one
on the front desk at Angel
Court. I started to panic at
08:35. Luckily all was well and
we discussed at length the
importance of a strong culture
at financial services firms. First six months
Given plenty of time to settle in.
Joined a small number of client teams
Interview Process where my experience could bring a
Met with 6 members of new way of thinking. The rest of my
the Investment Consulting time was spent exploring Redington’s
Application route team over three interviews. approach to responsible investment.
Seb grilled me on why my
Asked by a recruiter
dissertation was about Hired
whether I was interested in
pensions – I guess I had
applying to one of the most Hired and put straight on
been a fan for a while.
exciting consultancy firms gardening leave by PwC which
in the UK. I was. meant I had an unexpected
opportunity to travel. I visited my
sister in Abu Dhabi and then flew
on to Kerala.
Career Milestones
Part of a small team to travel out to September 2019: As part of the pilot Asked in May 2020 to lead the newly formed
Kazakhstan to help the Sovereign programme, I became one of the first people to Responsible Investment sub team, becoming
Wealth develop their approach to pass the CFA UK Certificate in ESG Investing. a member of the RI Committee in the process.
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