Bob Jenkins

Robert Jenkins is a former banker, fund manager and policy maker. He is currently a professor, board director and public policy advocate. Jenkins headed trading and sales for CitiGroup in Dubai, Bahrain, Switzerland and Japan. He then moved to the "buy side" where he led asset management firms in Tokyo, London and New York. Jenkins chaired the UK's Investment Association and served on the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee. He has been a member of the UK's panel on takeovers and mergers as well as a number of government high level groups. Jenkins teaches investment management at London Business School and helped establish the AQR Asset Management Institute at LBS. He is a long standing Governor of the CFA Institute and will assume shortly the role of Chair. He is a member of the supervisory board of NN Group, the Dutch based insurance and asset management group. Jenkins has been a forceful advocate for effective financial reform. He is a Senior Fellow at Better Markets and a regular contributor to the financial press. You can follow him on twitter @RobertJenkinsUK. In recognition of his many contributions to the investment profession Jenkins was made a Fellow of the Society of Investment Professionals by the CFA Society, UK.