Gordon joined LGPS Central Limited as the Investment Director for Fixed Income in February 2018. He became Deputy CIO in March 2019 and CIO in July 2020. Gordon has over 39 years’ experience in financial markets with a background in trading, portfolio management, building fixed income businesses and managing active portfolios in global fixed income sectors.
Having begun his career at Morgan Grenfell & Co Limited as a fixed income portfolio manager, he spent four years as a proprietary trader specialising in derivatives before returning to the ‘buy-side’ at Lombard Odier. He was hired as Head of Global Fixed Income at JP Morgan Chase to build an Institutional business raising $18bn of assets and creating a 68-person team.
After roles at HSBC and Invesco, he was Head of Absolute Return Funds & Head of FX Alpha Sources at Deutsche Bank, adding over $5bn from institutional clients. Prior to joining LGPS Central Limited, Gordon spent a brief period at the FCA as a technical sector specialist following his role with FMR as a product specialist. Gordon holds a BA (Hons) in Politics from Exeter University.