Robert Charles Hughes-Penney (Alderman)

Alderman Hughes-Penney is an Investment Director at Rathbone Investment Management.  Over 25 years he has specialised in managing portfolios for individuals, families, trusts and charities.  He is Deputy Head of the Head Office in the City of London and has also held a number of other senior roles within the business, including sitting on the Board, the Management Committee and establishing and chairing the Corporate Governance Committee.  In 2016 he was appointed to the Board of the impact investment company, Investing for Good.  Prior to starting work in the City, he served in the British army.

He has been Chairman of both the Corporation’s Investment Committee and the Financial Investment Board (whilst elected as a Common Councilman), and promotes responsible investment, the Stewardship Code and the UN’s PRIs and SDGs.