Geoff has over 30 years’ experience working in IT in financial services. Prior to retirement in 2017, he was Head of IT at Martin Currie for 3 years and before that Head of IT for over 10 years at Kames Capital (part of Aegon Asset Management), including European Head of IT for 18 months. He is a former non-Executive director with the Scottish Railway Preservation Society.
Geoff graduated from St Andrews University in Applied Maths and Astronomy and was subsequently awarded a PhD in Maths from Manchester University. His early working life was with a variety of manufacturing companies, whose output ranged from cardboard boxes and bank machines to whisky. He began his career in IT in 1984 and held a variety of roles in analysis, project management and senior management in several financial services companies, before joining Kames Capital.
Geoff and his wife live in Dunblane with a fox terrier.