The financial services consulting firm Veritum Partners is delighted to welcome Andy Griffiths as a new partner. Andy recently stepped down as Chief Executive of the UK’s Investor Forum of which he was a co-founder. Prior to that he was one of Europe’s leading institutional investors where he was consistently ranked among the top buy side financials investors, being recognised as the ‘most influential European Buy side individual’ by Finance Directors in independent surveys.
Since launching in 2017, Veritum has worked with over 40 financial service companies across 13 countries, mainly in the UK and Europe, establishing a strong reputation for independent, candid advice to companies on their interactions with capital markets.
Earlier this year Blair Stewart, formerly of Bank of America, also joined Veritum to enhance its insurance sector capability; Blair is a member of the prestigious Institutional Investor ‘Hall of Fame’ and was a top ranked Insurance analyst for 23 years.
A Veritum spokesperson said: “Andy joining as a partner deepens Veritum’s bench bringing the voice of one of Europe’s leading investors into our conversations with managements, whilst Blair allows us to develop further our growing insurance franchise”.
About Andy Griffiths
Andy joined Veritum in October 2024 bringing over 30 years of capital markets experience with a focus on global equities, investor engagement, ESG and Private Equity.
Andy founded the Investor Forum in 2014 and was its Executive Director until August 2024. Between 2014 and 2018 Andy was also an operating partner at Corsair capital. Prior to that he was one of Europe’s leading institutional investors, specialising in the European banking sector as a partner at Capital Group from 2001 to 2014 and before that at M&G between 1994 and 2001.
During his time as an institutional investor, Andy was consistently ranked among the leading buy side financials investors, being recognised as the ‘most influential European Buy side individual’ by Finance Directors in independent surveys.
Andy is well respected in boardrooms, by investment institutions, by regulators and in the Government sector. He has extensive experience of engagement with Boards and senior executives, and has recently worked with the Capital Markets Industry Taskforce to develop and launch the Investor & Issuer Forum.
Andy is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. Prior to his investment career, Andy qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant and holds a BA in Economics & Accounting from the University of Liverpool.
About Blair Stewart
Blair began working with Veritum in 2024 after a 23-year career as a sell side insurance analyst. Blair’s success as an analyst has been recognised through numerous industry awards culminating in his inclusion in the Institutional Investor ‘Hall of Fame’, an elite club of only 33 individuals across Europe awarded over the last 30 years.
Blair has gained a reputation for honesty, hard work and straight talking. He has a proven and recognised ability to process highly complex inputs and deliver easy to understand outputs, both written and oral. Blair has spent the last two decades providing advice and discussing strategy and solutions with executives and investment professionals.
Having qualified as an Actuary, Blair left the insurance industry to work for Deutsche Bank as an equity research analyst in 2000; and quickly moved on to Merrill Lynch (Bank of America) in 2002. He was promoted to Managing Director in 2008 and was appointed head of European Insurance equity research shortly afterwards. Blair has covered insurance stocks in both the UK and continental Europe and has travelled extensively to engage with insurance companies, regulators and investors in Europe, US and Asia.
Blair retired from Bank of America in 2023 to focus on advisory work and other interests.
About Veritum
Established in 2017, Veritum Partners provides advice to banks, insurance companies and diversified financial service companies, mainly in Europe but also in Africa. It brings the skill set of a range of disciplines – sell side analyst, buy side investor, investor relations professional and finance – all backed by deep knowledge of the financial sector.
For more information: https://veritumpartners.com or email info@veritumpartners.come.
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