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Jeremy Smouha in conversation with Edward Bonham Carter.

Jeremy is Chairman of the Board of Atlanticomnium S.A, an investment management firm specialising in corporate bonds, and Chief Executive Officer of its London branch. The firm has been managing the award winning GAM Star Credit Opportunities range of funds/strategies since 1985. Jeremy Smouha sits on the Investment Committee of GAM Star Credit Opportunities Funds and established Atlanticomnium (UK) Ltd in 2012 to provide investment and other support to Atlanticomnium SA from the UK. Jeremy was a founding member of GAM in 1983 and held various positions over the years including managing GAM bond funds from 1985 to 2002. He was a Director and member of GAM’s Investment Committee from 1998 to 2012 and co-managed a range of GAM’s multi asset funds. He continues to serve GAM as a consultant. Prior to GAM, he was a fund manager of Asian equities at Arbuthnot Latham. Jeremy Smouha was educated at Harrow School and holds an MA Cantab Hons in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is based in London.  

Edward Henry Bonham Carter is the Vice Chairman of a British fund management group, Jupiter Fund Management plc. With 35 years’ experience in the investment market and over 25 years working at Jupiter, including seven years as CEO, Edward has extensive knowledge of the fund management business. His role as Vice Chairman focuses on engaging with the Company’s key stakeholders, including clients, prospective clients and industry bodies. 

Forum is a private members network across the major cities of the world. The membership is drawn from the senior échelons of the business community and family offices with journalists, economists, politicians, public speakers, academics, designers, writers and those working in the arts. All members are either principals or experts in their fields, intellectually curious and internationally minded.

Alan Hilburg in conversation with Simon Jacot.

Alan Hilburg is an American communications and branding consultant. He specialises in crisis management, litigation and organisational brand alignment. Alan has worked on 107 trials and over 200 global crisis cases and branding campaigns beginning in 1982 for companies like Tylenol and more recently with the U.S. Veterans Administration.   He has also worked in various industries including the tobacco industry (in which he created the Under 18—No Tobacco strategy), transportation, hospitality, environmental industries, chemical, healthcare and education sectors. He has over 30 years of experience as a communications strategist consultant, and has also written to two New York Times best selling books and produced several documentaries. He has been described by the London Times as being a "leading corporate brand architect," and The New York Times has referred to him as the "Red Adair of corporate crisis management."

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