--- title: Speakers | Investival 2026 --- [Skip to content](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/investival/speakers#main-content) [Back to homepage](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/investival?hsLang=en) ![Investival 2026 Logo](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_806%20x%20374_Logo__White.png?width=550&height=255&name=Investival_2026_806%20x%20374_Logo__White.png "Investival 2026 Logo") # Introducing our speaker lineup Get to know the stars of the show at Investival 2026 [![\\VIEW AGENDA >\\](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/143403424/interactive-449078561008.png)](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs/cta/wi/redirect?encryptedPayload=AVxigLLVYw7VZb6qqpOA9BruLnOEGZFyz83QdoudRS0f6TzbHetxlnFbqJDHQuxaOHtFJZ3HS4Wq%2BT4laAnG%2BKmMdHKtID4Ad1ozqgzojbQo47vF3lUM7BYSq9%2BKBYAIasXLfps8kLwSv7p%2FWIfPRF0Wfi7AnUh10D4DqR9U8PRijIultqhr26wl8obxLN5aZ2SIgbjgxHIhT%2F75MhK4cxutQ2ZQ2rLNey7L6vR4i0Q4d2hkGb%2B%2Bo2uygOeiatpNkSpfUmShYhYY&webInteractiveContentId=449078561008&portalId=143403424&hsLang=en) ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_14-20260928-100002](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_14-20260928-100002.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_14-20260928-100002.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_14-20260928-100002") ### Danni Hewson Head of Financial Analysis / Host, AJ Bell 9.10am - Welcome to Investival 2026 ![image (14)](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/image%20(14).png?width=625&height=625&name=image%20(14).png "image (14)") ### Michael Summergill CEO, AJ Bell 9.20am - AJ Bell business update ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_16-20260928-100003](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_16-20260928-100003.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_16-20260928-100003.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_16-20260928-100003") ### Russ Mould AJ Bell Investment Director 9.45am - The outlook for 2027 ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_13](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_13.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_13.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_13") ### Raheel Altaf Artemis Fund Managers 10.00am - Emerging Markets ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_3](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_3.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_3.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_3") ### Clare Pleydell-Bouverie Liontrust Asset Management 10.25am - Technology ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_15-20260928-100003](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_15-20260928-100003.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_15-20260928-100003.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_15-20260928-100003") ### Laura Suter Director of Personal Finance, AJ Bell 11.20am - Active ETF panel session ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_12](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_12.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_12.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_12") ### Piera Elisa Grassi J.P. Morgan 11.20am - Active ETF panel session ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_9](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_9.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_9.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_9") ### Martin Coucke Schroders 11.20am - Active ETF panel session ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_6](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_6.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_6.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_6") ### James Lowen J O Hambro 11.50am - UK equity ![Mark Benbow headshot](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_Mark%20Benbow.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_Mark%20Benbow.png "Mark Benbow headshot") ### Mark Benbow Aegon Asset Managements 12.15pm - High Yield ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_4](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_4.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_4.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_4") ### Giles Rothbarth Blackrock 12.40pm - Europe ![Paul Angell](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_17-20260928-100004.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_17-20260928-100004.png "Paul Angell") ### Paul Angell Head of Investment Research, AJ Bell Investments 14.10pm - Fixed Income panel session ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_") ### Ben Lord M&G Investments 14.10pm - Fixed Income panel session ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_10](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_10.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_10.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_10") ### Mike Riddell Fidelity International 14.10pm - Fixed Income panel session ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_7](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_7.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_7.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_7") ### James Murray Jupiter Asset Management 14.40pm - Systematic equities ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_8](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_8.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_8.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_8") ### Lawrence Burns Baille Gifford 15.35pm - Global ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_18-20260928-100005](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_18-20260928-100005.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_18-20260928-100005.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_18-20260928-100005") ### Ryan Hughes Managing Director - AJ Bell Investments 16.00pm - Round up ![Investival\_2026\_Website\_300 x 300\_19-20260928-100005](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_19-20260928-100005.png?width=625&height=625&name=Investival_2026_Website_300%20x%20300_19-20260928-100005.png "Investival_2026_Website_300 x 300_19-20260928-100005") ### Guest speaker To be revealed 17.00pm - # This year's exhibitors ![Fidelity International](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_Fidelity.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_Fidelity.png "Fidelity International") ![Artemis](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_Artemis.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_Artemis.png "Artemis") ![J.PMorgan](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_J.PMorgan.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_J.PMorgan.png "J.PMorgan") ![Investival Speaker logos 400x400\_Aegon-20261005-104103](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Aegon-20261005-104103.png?width=400&height=400&name=Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Aegon-20261005-104103.png "Investival Speaker logos 400x400_Aegon-20261005-104103") ![Investival Speaker logos 400x400\_JO Hambro-20261005-104103](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_JO%20Hambro-20261005-104103.png?width=400&height=400&name=Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_JO%20Hambro-20261005-104103.png "Investival Speaker logos 400x400_JO Hambro-20261005-104103") ![Investival Speaker logos 400x400\_Woven advice](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Woven%20advice.png?width=400&height=400&name=Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Woven%20advice.png "Investival Speaker logos 400x400_Woven advice") ![Polar Capital](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_PolarCapital.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_PolarCapital.png "Polar Capital") ![Jupiter Asset Management](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_Jupiter.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_Jupiter.png "Jupiter Asset Management") ![Liontrust](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_Liontrust.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_Liontrust.png "Liontrust") ![Investival Speaker logos 400x400\_Baillie Gifford-20261005-104103](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Baillie%20Gifford-20261005-104103.png?width=400&height=400&name=Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Baillie%20Gifford-20261005-104103.png "Investival Speaker logos 400x400_Baillie Gifford-20261005-104103") ![M&G Investments](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_M%26G.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_M%26G.png "M&G Investments") ![BlackRock](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Exhibitors%20logos%20-%20Investival%2025/Sponsor_logos_200x200_BlackRock.png?width=200&height=200&name=Sponsor_logos_200x200_BlackRock.png "BlackRock") ![Investival Speaker logos 400x400\_Schroders](https://landing.investcentre.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Schroders.png?width=400&height=400&name=Investival%20Speaker%20logos%20400x400_Schroders.png "Investival Speaker logos 400x400_Schroders") # Ready to hear from these industry leaders live? 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