About us

Terry Smith graduated in History from University College Cardiff in 1974. He worked for Barclays Bank from 1974-83 and became an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in 1976. He obtained an MBA at The Management College, Henley in 1979. He became a stockbroker with W Greenwell & Co in 1984 and later joined Barclays de Zoete Wedd, holding the position of the top-rated bank analyst in London from 1984-89. In 1990 he became head of UK Company Research at UBS Phillips & Drew, a position from which he was dismissed in 1992 following the publication of his best selling book Accounting for Growth. He joined Collins Stewart shortly after, and became a director in 1996. In 2000 he became Chief Executive and led the management buy-out of Collins Stewart, which was floated on the London Stock Exchange five months later. In 2003 Collins Stewart acquired Tullett Liberty and followed this in 2004 with the acquisition of Prebon Group, creating the world's second largest inter-dealer broker. Collins Stewart and Tullett Prebon were demerged in 2006 with Terry remaining CEO of Tullett Prebon until September 2014. In 2010 he founded Fundsmith where he is CEO and CIO. In 2012 he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to New Zealand-UK relations following the success of his campaign to commemorate the New Zealander, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park.

Michael joined from Canaccord Genuity (formerly Collins Stewart) where he spent more than a decade as an analyst covering a wide range of sectors and geographies. He was instrumental in the development of the company’s research product and institutional franchise. Michael began his career at Guinness Flight Global Asset Management (subsequently Investec Asset Management) in 1994 as an analyst before taking responsibility for the group’s UK Small and Emerging Companies Funds in 1997, and subsequently the Recovery Fund. Michael holds an MPhil from Cambridge University.

Sandip joined from Morgan Stanley, where he had been a Vice-President within the UK Investment Bank from 2009 to 2013, providing corporate finance advice to UK listed companies on all aspects of their interaction with the equity markets. From 2005 to 2009, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked as an M&A adviser at Ernst & Young. Sandip obtained a scholarship to Aston University and holds a first class honours degree in Electronics and Computer Science.

Jonathan joined from Canaccord Genuity, where he had been a senior technology analyst since 2010. He was previously at Altium Securities where he covered technology for 6 years, latterly becoming the Head of Research. Prior to Altium, he worked at Dresdner Kleinwort covering emerging markets equity research and subsequently pan-European IT services in the large cap technology team. Jonathan was Techmark analyst of the year in 2007 and was number 1 or 2 in his sector in the FT Starmine survey between 2006 and 2010. Prior to taking up a career as an analyst, Jonathan wrote country investment reports covering Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Guatemala, India, Russia, Hungary and Zimbabwe. Jonathan has an MBA from INSEAD and is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Tom joined Fundsmith having completed an MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Bristol with distinction in 2012, where his dissertation was on Persistence of Performance in the Mutual Fund Management Industry. He completed a BSc in Economics in 2011, also at Bristol University, having conducted work experience at Odey Asset Management and Neptune Investment Management. Tom is a CFA® charter holder.