Ross Allen

Group Head of ESG Risk at Jupiter Asset Management

Speaker

Ross Allen, CFA, is the Group Head of ESG Risk for Jupiter Asset Management (‘Jupiter’) and Head of Fund Risk Management for Jupiter’s Dublin based UCITS Management Company/AIFM. Jupiter is a UK headquartered firm with assets under of management of ~£70bn and offers a broad range of actively managed investment strategies.

Prior to joining Jupiter in November 2019, Mr Allen was Designated Person for Fund Risk Management with Legal and General Investment Management (“LGIM”)’s Dublin based management company where he was responsible for managing the investment risks across a wide range of investment strategies include LDI, passive and active (both equity and fixed income, AUM ~€200bn), a position he held since July 2018.

Previously, Mr Allen spent 7 years with KB Associates, a third-party management company in Dublin, where his focus was on risk and investment management for UCITS and AIFs. He began his career in 2003 and has held roles with Investors Bank & Trust, HSBC, Merrill Lynch and Macquarie Securities. Mr Allen is a CFA Charterholder, a Chartered Accountant and holds a BSc (Hons) – First Class, Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology.

He is a Co-Chair of the Central Bank of Ireland’s Climate Forum’s Risk Management Working Group, former Chair and current member of Irish Funds’ Investment Risk Working Group. Previously he was chairman of CFA Ireland’s Advocacy Committee. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and events.