Charles joined the UK Institutional team with a particular focus on Corporate DB pension schemes. Prior to joining Columbia Threadneedle Investments in July 2021 Charles led private markets manager research & selection, and investment strategy for Tesco Pension Investment and Cadent Gas Pension Scheme respectively. Charles has also worked at various finance and non-finance firms including Barclays, Fidelity, Sky and Virgin Media; and is a CIMA & CGMA qualified accountant.