Full Name
Gareth Johnson
Job Title
Head of Investment Management Compliance
Firm name
SimplyBiz
Speaker Bio
Gareth has 25 years' experience in Board, Chief Operating Officer, Head of Operational Risk, and Compliance roles. He was Global Head of Investment Platform, Head of MiFID II, and a board member at Rothschild Co Wealth Management, creating the modern discretionary investment platform and helping grow the business organically from £3.5bn to £10bn in four years. Gareth was also Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley Global Investment Solutions, the discretionary investment management arm of Morgan Stanley’s global wealth management businesses working across the UK, Switzerland, Europe and the USA. Gareth worked with CIOs, heads of business and investment managers to make businesses safe, scalable, and operationally efficient removing the impediments to managing money effectively and assisting teams to become significantly more productive.

Gareth is an avid technologist and has both designed and implemented portfolio management, dealing, risk and performance systems in multiple businesses over the last 20 years. He has extensive experience of creating new products including creating and overseeing OEIC, NURS, SICAV, SICAF, and fund of hedge funds in the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Cayman. He has also sat on and advised the Investment and Risk Committees at Morgan Stanley, Rothschild, and a number of Signature clients.
Gareth Johnson