Jim Pettigrew – Non-Executive Director

Jim Pettigrew graduated in Law at Aberdeen University and obtained a post–graduate diploma in accountancy from Glasgow University before qualifying as a CA with Arthur Young McClelland Moores & Co.

Jim undertook a number of commercial finance roles in Scotland prior to joining international insurance broker Sedgewick Group PLC, where he became Group Treasurer and Deputy CFO. He was then CFO at the money and derivatives broker ICAP PLC before joining Ashmore as COO and as part of the team that successfully floated the business on the London Stock Exchange. In addition to his role as non–executive and chair of the audit committee at Royal Bank of Canada Europe, he holds a number of other non–executive directorships including EIT PLC, HERMES and Aberdeen Asset Management.