With some 45 years in the asset management industry, Robert Parker is the Chairman of the Asset Management and Investors Council and is Senior Advisor to the International Capital Market Association. He began his career working in foreign exchange and fixed income asset management for N.M. Rothschild & Sons prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1982 as one of the founders of CSFB Investment Management. He retired from Credit Suisse in 2017 having run the foreign exchange and fixed income businesses from 1982 to 1994, before becoming Chief Executive of the Credit Suisse Asset Management business in London and then Vice Chairman from 1998 to 2009. He subsequently became a senior adviser to the firm. His work has covered all aspects of asset management, managing portfolios for institutional clients and advising clients on investment strategies. He is also a member of the Investment committee of Quilvest Wealth Management and a member of the Fund Supervisory Board of Arcus European Infrastructure Fund. He has a BA and MA in economics from the University of Cambridge.