SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES

Stuart Kirk
Head of Global Research Institute
DWS

Stuart is Head of DWS's Global Research Institute. He re-joined in July from the Research department of Deutsche Bank. There he was Head of Thematic Research, a member of the exco, and responsible for creating the most read flagship products. That followed eight years at the Financial Times as editor of the Lex Column. He has also been a management consultant with Oliver Wyman and began his career as a portfolio manager at DWS. Stuart has a Masters degree in economics from the University of Cambridge where he was President of the Union.