Hugh Yarrow is the co-founder of Evenlode and is the lead Fund Manager of Evenlode Income, having launched the fund in October 2009. Previously he managed several equity income funds at Rathbone Unit Trust Management.

Hugh graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a first-class degree in Philosophy and Mathematics. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and holds the Investment Management Certificate.

Ben Peters is the co-founder of Evenlode and is the lead Fund Manager on the TB Evenlode Global Income Fund. He is also co-manager of TB Evenlode Income. He has been the investment analyst for TB Evenlode Income since the fund launched and became co-manager in December 2012.

Ben holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and a first-class degree from University College London, both in the field of physics. He holds the Investment Management Certificate and has passed level I of the Chartered Financial Analyst programme.

Chris Elliott is a fund manager on the Evenlode Global Income strategy, which launched in 2017, and on the TB Evenlode Global Equity fund, which launched in 2020.

Chris is a fully qualified Chartered Financial Analyst and has a degree from the University of Cambridge in Mathematics and Economics. Prior to Evenlode, Chris worked as a senior software engineer.

James Knoedler joined Evenlode in 2020 as a Fund Manager. He previously worked as an Equities Analyst at Independent Franchise Partners (IFP). Before that he worked as an Investment Analyst at Arisaig Partners and Newlands Investment Management.

James graduated from Oxford University with a first class degree in English and holds a Masters degree in Finance from the London Business School.

Chris Moore joined Evenlode in 2018 and is Head of Research. He previously worked as an Equity Research Analyst at Investec Bank and Berenberg. Before that he worked in audit, M&A due diligence and restructuring at Deloitte and PwC.

Chris graduated from Warwick University having studied Accounting and Finance. He is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Sawan Kumar joined Evenlode in 2017 and is Head of Stewardship. He is responsible for providing ongoing analysis of companies from a stewardship perspective and managing Evenlode’s voting and engagement activity. He previously worked as a Governance Analyst at Schroders and a Proxy Voting Analyst at Hermes EOS.

Sawan graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelors of Commerce specialising in Finance and is qualified from the Governance Institute of Australia in Governance and Risk Management. He has completed the Climate-related Financial Risk Course from Oxford University and has passed the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.

Bethan Rose joined Evenlode in 2018 as an Investment Analyst.

Bethan graduated from the University of Exeter with a BSc in Economics. She has gained the Investment Management Certificate and the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG investing. She has also passed the CFA Level 1 exam and is currently working towards the CFA UK Certificate in Climate and Investing.

Zikri Jaafar joined Evenlode in 2023 as a Stewardship Analyst. His previous experience includes working on corporate sustainability as a Senior Consultant at 3Keel and studying impact investing as a Research Associate at the University of Bologna.

Zikri holds an MSc in Economics for Development and an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He also has a BA in International Studies and a BSc in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rebekah Nash joined Evenlode in 2022 as a Governance Analyst.

She previously worked as a programme manager in the VC and impact space with a focus on clean tech and the reduction of carbon emissions through innovation. Rebekah graduated from Cambridge University with a MPhil in Theology in 2021 and she has a BA (Hons) in Theology from the University of Bristol.

Tom Weller joined Evenlode in 2019 as an Innovation Analyst examining innovation across diverse industries and application areas. He draws on his broad scientific and business experience to analyse developments at large incumbent and new start-up companies, informing the Evenlode team’s analysis of current and potential investment risks and opportunities. He previously worked in academia, government and start-up labs and has deep experience of scientific research, innovation and education.

Tom holds a PhD in condensed matter physics and materials science.

Phoebe Greenwold joined Evenlode in 2022 as an Impact and Innovation Analyst. She previously worked at PwC and has experience auditing a broad range of banking and capital markets clients.

Phoebe is a qualified chartered accountant (ACA) and graduated from the University of Exeter with a first-class degree in International Relations and Development Economics.

Robert Strachan joined Evenlode in 2019 having previously worked with the team as an intern in the summer of 2018 and is an Investment Analyst.

Robert graduated from the University of Oxford with a first-class master's degree in Chemistry. He has gained the Investment Management Certificate and is currently studying for the CFA Level 1 exam.

Charlotte Lamb joined Evenlode in 2019 and is an Investment Analyst. 

Charlotte graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc Hons in Accounting and Finance. She has gained the Investment Management Certificate and is currently studying for the CFA Level 1 exam.

Cristina Dyer joined Evenlode in 2020 as an Investment Analyst. She completed her Evenlode graduate rotation and permanently joined the Global Equity Team in 2023.

Cristina holds a doctorate in Immunology from the University of Oxford, and a first-class degree in Pharmacy from the University of Bath. She has completed Level I and Level II of the CFA programme.

Leon Cyril joined Evenlode in 2020 as an Investment Analyst, after completing an internship at the Investment Association. He previously worked in the education and publishing sectors.

Leon graduated from Oxford University with an MA in Classics, he holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and has completed Level I of the CFA programme.

Gurinder Samra joined Evenlode in 2021 as a Trainee Investment Analyst, having worked with the team as an intern in the same summer. He previously completed internships across management consulting, accountancy and global markets technology.

Gurinder graduated from Warwick University with an BEng in Engineering and is currently working towards the Investment Management Certificate.

Ben Armitage joined Evenlode in 2021 as a Trainee Investment Analyst.

Ben graduated from the University of Oxford with a PhD in materials science. He previously worked as a VC Investment Analyst, predominantly assessing UK-based early-stage science and tech start-ups spinning out of academia. 

Sam Ratcliffe joined Evenlode in 2020 on an Apprenticeship programme. He completed the programme in 2022 working in the Operations team as a Junior Dealer for a couple of years. In 2023 he moved over to the Investment Team and started a new role as a Junior Investment Analyst.

Sam completed his L4 Operations Specialist Apprenticeship in April 2022 and Unit 1 of the Investment Management Certificate in December 2022.