Helena is one of the best known women in the City. She is Chair of the Investment Association, whose members manage more than £5 trillion. She also chairs The Diversity Project, a cross-business initiative aimed at improving diversity across all dimensions within the investment and savings profession. Helena was CEO of Newton Investment Management for fifteen years before stepping down last August. She will be joining Legal and General IM in May. In her new role she will be focusing on personal investors, aiming to make investing more engaging and accessible. In the meantime she is writing a book, ‘A Good Time to be a Girl’. 

In 2010, Helena founded the 30% Club, a business-led campaign to improve gender balance in the boardroom. The proportion of female directors on UK listed company boards has more than doubled and there are now ten 30% Clubs throughout the world. Helena also chairs Business in the Community’s Gender Equality campaign.

Helena is a Fellow of London Business School and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Cambridge University in 2016. She was awarded the CBE in the 2012 New Year’s Honours list for her contribution to the role of women in business and has been named one of Fortune magazine’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. 

Helena is a Philosophy graduate. She is married to a Buddhist priest and they have nine children.