Mr Karl Sternberg

MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Oxford)

I am a graduate of Christ Church and a founding Partner of institutional asset manager Oxford Investment Partners, which was bought by Towers Watson in 2013. 

I have held several positions at Morgan Grenfell/Deutsche Asset Management between 1992 and 2004, including Chief Investment Officer for London, Australia, Europe and the Asia Pacific. Since 2006 I have developed my non-executive director career, focusing on investment management and the investment trust sector in particular. Between 2010 and 2015 I was a Non-Executive Director of Friends Life Group plc where I served as Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee. I was then Chairman of JPMorgan Income & Growth Investment Trust plc until November 2016. 

I have been an external member of the Christ Church Governing Body since 2007. I am a member of the Finance Committee and chair the Investment Group (IG). The IG is a sub-committee of the Christ Church Finance Committee, with the remit of shaping the endowment: it determines the asset allocation ranges, recommends specific investments and divestments for the endowment, and maintains due diligence of our external managers. The IG is currently made up of a combination of Old Members with investment management experience across all the asset classes, and members of the Christ Church Governing Body.

Outside Christ Church, I serve on the board of Jupiter Fund Management plc and Howard de Walden Estates, and chair Clipstone Industrial REIT plc and Monks Investment Trust.

My chief interests are in monetary theory and history, financial markets, and the links between policy and asset returns.

I enjoy burgundy wines.