Richard Robinson is an Investment Manager at Ashburton Investments and is responsible for the Ashburton Global Energy Fund. Richard joined in 2000 and has over 26 years’ experience in the finance industry. Prior to his current role, he worked at Abbey National Stockbrokers and most recently was Lead Fund Manager on the Ashburton European Equity Fund where he was one of the architects for the move from a regional to a sectoral investment model before launching the Global Energy Fund. Richard graduated from Cardiff University with a BA (Hons) and is a Member of the Securities Institute. He holds the Investment Management Certificate and the Securities Institute Diploma. The Ashburton Global Energy Fund was awarded the 2016 Investment Week Specialist Investment award in the Natural Resources category. The Fund also won a 2017 Lipper award for performance over three years.