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CAREER PANEL
CAREER PANEL Rob

MODERATOR Knight

Global Head of Guideline Manage-
ment & Transaction Reporting

Rob is a Managing Director for
Barings, a global asset manage-
ment firm with USD 318 billion
under management. She is glob-
al head of guideline manage-
ment and transaction reporting,
having joined the firm in Sep-
tember 2000 to create Barings’
global guideline management
process which today monitors
USD 290 billion of assets under
management. This function cov-
ers client and regulatory data,
and the associated support sys- possibilities from working hard in
tems. Rob is a member of Bar- an asset management firm like
ings’ Operations Leadership Barings. In 2007 Rob co-found-
Team and sits on the firm’s Cli- ed Barings’ See the Possibilities
ent Asset Oversight Working student programme, which is de-
Group. She is also Chairperson of signed to mentor and motivate
the UK Investment Association’s college and university students
Trade and Transaction Report- to realise their full potential. The
ing Committee and has written programme has generated pos-
on guideline management and itive feedback from hundreds
operational risk in industry jour- of students in the UK and con-
nals. Prior to joining Barings, Rob tinental Europe and Rob is now
led a London-based fiduciary rolling it out to Asia and North
risk management team for Citi- America. In 2015 she created
group. Rob has a MBA, holds a the 'Be Positive' mentoring pro-
professional corporate Chartered gramme to help female profes-
qualification and the Investment sionals aged 25-35 years old to
Management Certificate. enhance their organisational
profile and navigate the corpo-
She is passionate about student rate ladder in the most effective
mentoring within the commu- way. Many participants in this
nity, believing that students can programme have changed their
be inspired to achieve more after behaviour and realised better
experiencing first-hand the many outcomes in their workplace.
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