Rob heads up the LDI portfolio management team, which is responsible for day to day management of client hedging portfolios as well as execution of over the counter derivative trades. Rob joined Columbia Threadneedle through the acquisition of BMO GAM (EMEA) in 2021, having previously been with BMO since 2007. He previously worked as a pension consultant before working at both Bear Stearns Bank and at JP Morgan where he managed exotic interest rate derivative control teams for 10 years. He holds an MEng in Engineering Science from Oxford University.