Pre-conference seminar and cocktail

Noel Fessey is CEO, chairman of the Executive Committee and member of the Board of Directors of EFA. Noel entered financial services in 2000 after a 13-year military career specialising in logistics and IT. He joined Schroder Investment Management in London as the Schroders Group head of IT security, and quickly took on additional responsibilities. From 2003 to 2016 Noel was Managing Director of Schroder Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A., a regulated fund management company licensed to manage retail and alternative investment funds. For more than 13 years Noel led a team that developed the company into Schroders' largest operations centre outside of London. Noel was appointed Schroders' global head of fund services in 2005 and chief operations officer of Schroders' product division in 2016. Noel was a member of the board of directors of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) from 2005 to 2016. Noel is English, married with two children and lives in Luxembourg.