Talking with… J.P. Morgan Asset Management CEO Patrick Thomson

The series continues as Richard Romer-Lee chats to Patrick Thomson

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Square Mile chief executive Richard Romer-Lee talks with J.P. Morgan Asset Management CEO Patrick Thomson about his career journey and his views on what active fund managers need to do to stay relevant

How did you get into the industry? I was a soldier serving on operations and applied to join a J.P. Morgan Asset Management graduate training programme through a small ad in The Times. I got the job and after 18 months I was lucky enough to be invited to work as an associate for a colleague covering the Middle East, which is where I was introduced to clients. I have been here ever since in a variety of client-facing and managerial roles. Was it your ambition to become CEO? Absolutely not! I wanted to do as well as I could and see where the winds took me. I liked and have always liked...

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