Mike was appointed Head of Equities in November 2024. He is also co-fund manager of the UK equity, Global equity, and Mixed Asset sustainable funds. He has been Head of Sustainable Investments since November 2003, and before being acquired by Royal London Asset Management was also Head of Equities at the Co-operative asset management between 2007 and 2013. Previously, Mike worked as a Deputy fund manager at the Co-operative employee pension fund for two years and an investment analyst. Mike originally trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in Manchester. Mike has won five Fund Manager of the Year awards, in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Mike has spent most of his career assessing environmental, social and governance issues and how they influence investment decisions. He is a specialist in sustainable investing and one of the few fund managers in this area with such long tenure.