Richard Skelt
Independent Non-executive Director
Richard Skelt was appointed to the Quilter Investors Board in March 2020.
He has considerable investment management experience with a deep understanding of multi-asset investing, having built Fidelity’s Investment Solutions Group to a business with more than $45bn of assets under management.
Richard spent 23 years at Fidelity International where he held a number of senior leadership roles within the Investment Solutions Group. He spent 18 years as a portfolio manager, where he managed multi-asset funds of around $10bn and proposed and managed new multi-asset solutions. In his role as Co-Head of the Investment Solutions Group at Fidelity, Richard formalised the strategic asset allocation process, created a third-party research team and launched a number of new investment products. He went on to take charge of all functions within the Investment Solutions Group as Chief Investment Officer, following which he transitioned to the Head of Investment role where he was responsible for oversight of all investment and provided investment leadership for the team. Richard has a BA in Biochemistry from Oxford University and an MBA from London Business School.