Ralph Kanza

Mr. Raphael Kanza, CFA, is a Chairman at Egerton Capital (UK) LLP.
He is on the Board of Directors at Pathstore Ltd.
and Egerton Capital Ltd.
Mr. Kanza began his career as a Research Analyst with Cheuvreux de Virieu S.A.
and, by 1974, was responsible for research, institutional sales, and fund management.
Until 1988, he was the firm’s Investment Manager, managing private and institutional accounts as well as the firm’s mutual funds.
During this period, Mr. Kanza ran employee profit-sharing programs for Pfizer Inc. and Rank Xerox.
In 1979, he set up and managed the Vendome line of mutual funds.
Subsequent to Cheuvreux de Virieu’s affiliation with Banque Indosuez, he became a Managing Director (1988) then Chief Executive (1992).
Also in 1992, the Indosuez Group appointed him Head of European Stock Broking.
In 1994, Cheuvreux de Virieu elected him as Chairman of its board and he assumed overall responsibility for European equity markets for Banque Indosuez until 1997.
Mr. Kanza then joined SEFI S.A., an investment advisory firm based in Geneva, where he was a Managing Director and Fund Manager.
In 2000, he co-founded and became Chief Investment Officer of Beaumont, a wealth management and investment advisory group, based in London.
Following Beaumont’s acquisition by Schroders plc, he became vice chairman and chief investment officer of Schroders Private Bank and Chief Investment Officer of Schroders hedge fund business.
He left Schroders in 2005 to join Egerton.
He graduated from Robert Academy in Istanbul in 1964 and University of Paris (DES Economics) in 1970.
He has been a CFA charter holder since 1980.