Keith Skeoch

CEO

Keith joined Standard Life Investments as Chief Investment Officer from James Capel & Co (now HSBC Securities), where he was employed from 1980 to 1999. From his first role at James Capel as an International Economist, Keith went on to become Senior UK Economist in 1982 and Chief Economist two years later. In 1993 he was appointed Director of Economics and Strategy and in 1998 was given the responsibilities of Managing Director International Equities.

During the past 20 years, Keith has made numerous media appearances and written many newspaper articles. He has acted as an academic advisor to the CBI and several parliamentary committees. Keith has acted as a Pension Fund Trustee for both the James Capel and Standard Life schemes. He was appointed to the Board of the Investment Management Association in May 2007 and to the Board of the Association of British Insurers in September 2007. Keith has also assumed the role of Chairman of the ABI Investment Committee.

Alex Watt

Managing Director, Property Investments

Alex oversees and directs company activities with specific responsibility for our property investment and development portfolios.

Alex joined Standard Life as Senior Surveyor in 1982. He was promoted to Assistant Property Investment Manager in 1983 and Property Investment Manager in 1988. He's a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

William Littleboy

Operations Director

William joined us in 2001 from Pareto Partners (a specialist quantitative asset manager) in London where he was Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he'd been with Citibank since 1982, initially joining in London before going on to lead its business with the investment management industry in the UK and Europe. In 1991 he was appointed Citibank's Regional Manager for Scotland & North Britain. He then moved to Frankfurt in 1994 where he was first appointed Regional Business Manager and subsequently Chief Operating Officer. William holds an MA Mathematics from St. John's College Cambridge.

David Cumming

Head of UK Equities

David began his career with Royal London Mutual before moving on to hold positions with Edinburgh Fund Managers, Manufacturers Life Insurance and Morgan Grenfell, where he was a Director. He joined us in 1998 as Investment Director responsible for corporate pooled pension funds, our UK equity portfolio and a number of segregated clients. Following his appointment as Head of UK Equities in March 2000, David continues to manage pooled and segregated UK equity fund portfolios as well as managing the UK equity investments for Standard Life's main UK Life Fund.

David was appointed to our Board as Executive Director in June 2004. He holds an MA (Hons) degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Edinburgh and is an Associate of the Society of Investment Analysts.

Rod Paris

Head of Investments

Rod started his career with us as Head of Global Fixed Income in May 2002 and was appointed to our Board of Directors in June 2004. He was previously Managing Director and Head of the Global Fixed Income team at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Prior to that, Rod was a director of Mercury Asset Management, and also worked with Warburg Asset Management and Chase Manhattan Bank. He holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Keble College Oxford.

Colin Walklin

Finance Director

Colin started his career in 1975 as an auditor with Arthur Andersen before joining UK stockbroker Sheppards and Chase as Corporate Finance Manager in 1981. He then moved to Switzerland in 1982 to take up the position of Business Planning Manager with Philip Morris. In 1985 he joined Deloitte as a Management Consultant (Financial Services sector) and during his time there, was seconded to the Bank of England for two years. Colin joined Standard Chartered in 1992 and was appointed Group Head of Finance in 1999. In 2002, he moved to Barclays, initially as Group Financial Controller and, in 2005, was appointed CFO of Barclaycard. Finally, he joined our company in 2007. Colin has a BSc in Engineering, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Panel Member on the Financial Reporting Review Panel (part of the FRC).

Colin Clark

Director, Global Client Group

Colin began his career as a Graduate Trainee with SG Warburg & Co in 1980. In 1983 he joined Mercury Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager responsible for UK equity research and for the management of UK equity portfolios. In 1987 Colin moved to New York as Head of Sales and Client Service, before returning to London in 1989 as Head of Marketing. In 1996 he was appointed Head of Global Sales and Marketing and was a member of a senior management team involved in the negotiation of the acquisition of Mercury Asset Management by Merrill Lynch in November 1997. In 1999 he was appointed Head of Global Marketing at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.

Colin was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Board of Standard Life Investments in December 2004 and appointed to our Board as Executive Director in March 2010. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Colin holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University College Oxford.

Roger Renaud

President, Standard Life Investments Inc. (Canada)

Roger began his financial career as an actuarial assistant with Sun Life of Canada in 1982. After lecturing on the Montreal Stock Exchange for ten years, he joined Scotia McLeod as an Investment Executive. In 1989, Roger joined First Marathon as Vice President, before joining Standard Life Investments Inc. in 1991. In 1995, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, before taking on his current position as President at the close of 2005.