Robert Jenkins is a member of the interim Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England (FPC) and Adjunct Professor, Finance at the London Business School.

Mr. Jenkins has spent 16 years running bank trading rooms followed by 18 years running asset management organizations. At Citibank he was responsible for trading and sales in Dubai, Bahrain, Switzerland, and Japan. While on assignment to Citi’s head office, he was responsible for setting the trading and liquidity limits for bank’s trading globally. In 1992, Mr. Jenkins moved from the “sell side” to the “buy side.” He served as Chief Investment Officer and Head of the asset management business at Credit Suisse in Japan and later as Chief Operating Officer for Credit Suisse Asset Management’s activities in the UK, central and eastern Europe. In late 1997, Mr. Jenkins moved to F&C Asset Management, plc where he served for 12 years – first as Chief Executive and then as Chairman. From 2009 until his appointment to the FPC, he was CEO and Managing Partner of Combinatorics Capital, a global macro investment partnership.

Mr. Jenkins Chaired the Investment Management Association of the UK and co-Chaired, together with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a high level group focusing on the future of the asset management industry in Britain.  He has served on the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.

Mr. Jenkins is Adjunct Professor at London Business School where he teaches investment management.  He is a Senior Advisor to CVC Capital Partners and an Independent Director of the Aberdeen All Asia Investment Trust.  In July 2011 he was appointed an external member of the interim Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England. The “FPC” is to be the UK’s focal point for macro-prudential policy.  Mr. Jenkins is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and regular contributor of articles and letters to the financial press. He is a Fellow of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (CFA).

Robert attended university in the US, France and Italy. He holds a Masters degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is married with two children.