Taking a boutique approach, we deliberately use a small team of talented individuals, who are prepared to invest with conviction in contrarian ideas. This encourages an active and innovative approach, whilst leveraging the advantages that our scale is able to provide. Our team are as follows:
Meet the team
Richard BlackFund Manager of Legal & General UK Equity Income Fund
- Joined LGIM in 2008
- Previous experience as a UK Large Cap Equity Analyst
- Graduated from the University of Southampton with a BSc in Economics
- Member of the CFA Society of the UK
Robert ChurchlowRobert Churchlow Head of UK Equities and Fund Manager of Growth Trust
- Heads up the UK Equities team
- Joined LGIM in 2003
- Previously head of UK Institutional Equities team at Invesco
- Began his career in 1987 at Provident Life
- Graduated from the University of Bath in Business Administration
Richard PennyFund manager of Legal & General UK Alpha Trust
- Joined LGIM in 2002
- Previously fund manager at M&G Investment Management
- Began his career in 1992
- Graduate of Oxford University, in Engineering and Economics
Matt Fletcher Fund Manager of Legal & General Equity Trust and Legal & General UK Special Situations Trust
- Joined LGIM in 2006
- Previously Pan European mid-cap analyst at Pioneer Investments
- Started his career in 1998
- Graduated from the University of St Andrews Fife, in English and German
Tim MannFund Manager of Legal & General UK Active Opportunities Trust
- Joined LGIM in 2002
- Started his career in 1987
- Graduate of Cambridge University, in Chemical Engineering
Rod OscroftFund Manager of Legal & General UK Smaller Companies Trust
- Head of UK Small Companies team
- Joined LGIM in 2000
- Started his career in 1998
- Graduate of Cambridge University, in Economics
Michela De NicolaEquity Product Specialist
- Joined LGIM in 2010
- Over 10 years experience in Equity markets
- Previously Specialist Sales of pan European sales at Nomura & Lehman Brothers.
- Began her career in 1998.
- Graduated from the Bocconi University in Milan in Financial Markets, holds a MSc in Finance from London Business School.