Peter Baxter is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of OMAM. He joined in September 2000 as CIO and was appointed Deputy CEO in 2001, before becoming CEO in May 2005. Prior to OMAM he worked at Hill Samuel Asset Management for six years, firstly as head of pension funds and subsequently as head of the Global Strategy team. Before this, he spent eight years at Schroders, as an oil sector analyst (1986-88), a pension fund manager (1988-90) and a strategist (1990-94). He joined Schroders from Shell UK, where he worked in IT and Marketing (1982-86). Peter has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London (1982) and an MBA from London Business School (1992).

Margaret Ammon joined OMAM in 2006 from KPMG, where she spent seven years as Head of Market Risk, initially in the Sydney office and subsequently in London. She was responsible for the provision of market risk policies across a range of international banks, asset managers and insurance companies. Prior to KPMG she was a senior manager in Ernst & Young’s Financial Risk management Group, after spells as a treasury analyst, portfolio manager and commodities dealer. An Australian national, Margaret holds a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and a BA in Accounting from the University of Canberra.

Simon Wilson was appointed to his current position as Marketing Director in 2008, having joined OMAM as Head of Marketing in 2004. Before this he was Head of Marketing at Govett Investments, prior to which he spent over 10 years in various marketing roles in Old Mutual’s UK and international investment businesses.

Matthew Nagele was appointed to his current position of Managing Director, Distribution in 2008 having previously managed OMAM's European and UK distribution. He joined OMAM in 2000 from Prudential Intermediary Division, where he was a senior account manager. He started his financial career on the graduate scheme at Friends Provident Life. Matthew has a BSc in Geography from Nottingham University.

Meekal Hashmi joined OMAM in 2006 as a senior lawyer and was appointed General Counsel in 2007. Prior to OMAM he worked at Baring Asset Management (Barings), where he advised on the legal aspects of a wide range of services undertaken by the Barings group companies (2002-06). He previously worked at hedge fund administrator Citco (1999-2001) and Clifford Chance (1997-99). He began his legal career in 1995 as a trainee solicitor at Trowers & Hamlins. Meekal qualified as a solicitor in 1997. He holds a BSc in Psychology from Edinburgh University (1992) and a Masters in International Finance & Banking Law (LLM) from the London School of Economics (1995).

Ashton Bradbury joined OMAM in September 2000, focusing on UK mid cap and smaller company funds prior to being appointed to his current position in April 2008. Prior to this he was at Hill Samuel Asset Management (HSAM), initially as Head of UK Smaller Companies and subsequently as Head of UK Retail (1999-2000). He rejoined HSAM from HSBC Asset Management, where he was Head of Smaller Companies (1995-98), having previously worked at HSAM as a smaller companies fund manager (1991-95). He originally joined HSAM from Charterhouse Tilney, which he joined as a graduate trainee, before becoming an investment manager (1988-91). Ashton has a BSc in Banking & Finance from Loughborough University.

Stewart Cowley joined OMAM in June 2009 from Newton Investment Management where he was Head of Fixed Income and manager of the &P AAA-rated Newton International Bond and BNY Mellon Global Bond funds (2000-09). Prior to this he was Joint Chief Investment Officer and Head of Global Fixed Interest at Hill Samuel Asset Management (1995-98), having previously been Head of Global Fixed Interest at Invesco Asset Management (1993-95). He began his career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 1987 as a fixed income sales trader, before switching to fund management. Stewart has a BSc in Physics from Manchester University (1982) and a DPhil in Physics from Oxford University (1987), and is a Member of the Securities Institute.

Paul Simpson joined OMAM in January 2006 from Millennium Capital Management, where he was the joint manager of a statistical arbitrage fund and was responsible for the development of the underlying trading platform (2003-05). Prior to this he was in charge of the market neutral trading group at HSBC, with responsibility for arbitrage and relative value trading 2001-03). He joined HSBC from de Putron Fund Management, where he was a senior portfolio manager running investments in market neutral strategies 2000-01). He joined DPFM from Rabobank, where he initially managed an equity arbitrage group, before becoming COO of the equity division (1998-2000). Prior to this he worked in equity arbitrage and risk management at UBS (1992-98), Deutsche Bank (1990-92) and Security Pacific/Hoare Govett (1985-90). Paul has a BA in Economics from Cambridge University (1980) and an MBA from the University of Bradford Management Centre (1986).