Davos Stars: Katherine Garrett-Cox – Katherine the Great

By Caitlin Hoggkatherine garrett-cox

Wife, mother of four and CEO of Alliance Trust, Katherine Garrett-Cox has been lauded as a superwoman of sorts; a title that she vigorously disputes. Having completed a degree in History at the University of Durham, Katherine had no particular intention of going into investment management, and just ‘sort of fell into it’.

Garrett-Cox began her career as a female stock-picker in a male-dominated field, and created quite an impression when excelling to become the Head of US equities at Hill Samuel. At the age of twenty six she became one of the highest-profile and highest-paid women in the City, gaining the title of ‘Katherine the Great.’

After seven years, she moved to Aberdeen Asset Management in 2000 to become the chief investment officer, and three years later took up the same position at Morley Asset Management, the fund management division of Aviva.

In 2007, however, Katherine moved yet again. Quite controversially, from Morley whose funds under management amounted to around £160 billion to opting for a more serene backdrop in Dundee, Scotland as the Chief Investment Officer of Alliance Trust, only to be appointed the Executive Director a year later.

At the time of her move from Morley, all four of her children were under the age of seven. Her move caused a flurry of different responses, but Garrett-Cox maintained regardless of response that she did so to be able to balance her and her family’s lifestyles better.

Katherine was nominated a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in October 2005, and was nominated in the Financial Times’ ranking of the Top 50 Women in World Business in 2010. She will be co-chairing in Davos this year.

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