Keith Davies
Keith Davies is Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Federated Hermes Limited – the fund management company that has been at the forefront of sustainability investing and global stewardship since 1983. Keith is responsible for supporting the authentic and regulatory compliant delivery of the firm’s investment and stewardship processes, and for helping the firm achieve its strategic and sustainability objectives in a risk controlled and regulatory compliant manner.
Prior to joining FHL, Keith had a long and successful career within the Prudential Group, where he was Global Head of Internal Audit and Chief Risk and Resilience Officer for M&G plc - a role in which he helped the firm successfully demerge from the Prudential Group and list as a stand-alone FTSE 100 company. He was also CRO for Prudential's Treasury and Portfolio Management entities and has also held senior roles in risk management and audit at Standard Chartered, Standard Bank and Deutsche Bank, and within the Policy team at the Financial Services Authority.
In all these roles Keith has a track record of evolving functions to focus on the risks facing businesses in the modern, digital, multi-stakeholder focussed world - including financial & non-financial resilience and reputational, behavioural and sustainability risks. He is a leading voice on integrating ESG factors into strategies and risk management - and has recently written a chapter on this subject in the 'ESG Investing Handbook'.
Keith is also Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk & Audit Committees for Admiral Insurance’s UK underwriting subsidiaries, and is on the Audit & Risk Committee for Glamorgan County Cricket Club where he is helping develop and deliver the Club’s sustainability strategy. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Bristol.