Our People

Nick is an investment director with responsibility for the bespoke investment management of portfolios for private clients and their trusts, self invested personal pensions (SIPPs) and charities. He has over 25 years' investment experience having started his financial career with the Edinburgh stockbrokers, Bell Lawrie, subsequently Brewin Dolphin, where he rose to become a divisional director. His responsibilities there included being a trustee of both the Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution company pension schemes and also a founding member of the Asset Allocation Committee. 

Having graduated with an MA in History from the University of Cambridge in 1981, Nick began his investment career with Tilney & Co, in Liverpool, where he spent 24 years. He joined Rathbones in 2011 after spending time as head of asset management with an investment boutique and with J O Hambro Capital Management in London. He was elected a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1986 and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Although Nick specialises in the management of private clients, trusts, pensions and charities he is also a highly experienced US and global equities fund manager. A past Citywire Cover Star and a two time winner at the Lipper Citywire All Star Awards he has considerable experience working with national media and the trade press, both in the UK and USA. He contributes to the Rathbone investment process being a member of the International Equities Committee and is a member of Rathbones Adviser Specialist Group.

Nick started his career at Wise Speke then spent four years at Merrill Lynch before opening the Laing & Cruikshank office in Newcastle which was acquired by UBS in 2004. At UBS, Nick became an executive director and head of the Newcastle office. Nick has significant experience in managing private client, trust, offshore, pension fund and charity portfolios.

As well as gaining a degree from Newcastle University Nick holds the CISI Diploma and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI).

Nick is immediate past chairman of the Percy Hedley Foundation, a large charity in the North East of England providing educational, vocational and residential care opportunities for disabled people; a trustee of both the Newcastle University Retirement Benefit Fund and the University’s Development Trust;  a board member of CISI and is the current Chair of Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust.

Nick was honoured to be commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Tyne & Wear in 2020.

Nicola joined Rathbones in 2022 as a Client Service Executive, with the responsibility of providing administrative and investment support to the team and their clients. Prior to Rathbones, Nicola worked as a Portfolio Assistant at Brooks Macdonald for 7 years, working with both private clients and financial advisers.

Nicola graduated university with a 2.1 honours degree in Business and Management and is working towards completing the Investment Advice Diploma.

Nicola Day is an investment director with over twenty years experience in managing bespoke portfolios for private clients, charities and pensions. Nicola has a BSc (Hons) in economics and an MSc in corporate governance and ethics. She is also a chartered fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Nicola joined Greenbank in August 2006 from Gerrard Investment Management Limited where she was head of the ethical division for six years. Prior to this she spent twelve years as an investment manager at HSBC Investment Management, formerly James Capel.

Nicola is a client service executive for James Mayes and James Campbell-Grey, having worked at Rathbones for five years, and has responsibility in her cloud for coordinating marketing events. She is also a mental health first aider and a member of the company’s Diversity Committee. She previously managed a team in the research distribution department at Barclays Capital and worked in marketing at several institutional asset managers, including Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. She studied Italian and Classical History at Leeds University, and is fluent in Italian.

Nicole is a Trust Banking and Financial Control Manager having joined Rathbones in 1994.  She works in the London Trust department and also assists the Legal Team.  She is in charge of all the Company client accounts and prides herself on her attention to detail.

Nicole has a sound working knowledge of Compliance as she also acts as a liaison between the MLRO and the Team on all AML matters.

Nigel began his career in the City in 1974, moving into financial services sector in 1977 with stockbrokers Strauss Turnbull. In 1986 he became a member of the London Stock Exchange.

During the 1990’s he worked for Societe Generale Investment Management, which was acquired by Tilney Investment Management in 2003. Tilney was acquired by The Deutsche Bank in 2007. He joined Rathbone Investment Management in June 2014.

Niki is an assistant investment manager with more than 17 years’ experience in assisting with the day to day management of private clients, SIPP, trust and charity investment portfolios. Niki also plays an integral role in the management of portfolios on behalf of professional advisers. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.