Peter Davies

Senior Partner, Lansdowne Partners

Peter joined Lansdowne Partners in June 2001, he is a member of the Management Committee and is head of the Developed Markets Strategy. Prior to joining Lansdowne, Peter was a Director at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM, previously Mercury Asset Management). Peter joined MLIM in 1993.

Peter is non-executive chairman of Oxford Sciences Innovation plc, a company that invests in, develops and advises spin-out companies established to exploit and commercialise intellectual property developed by Oxford University. Lansdowne Developed Markets Master Fund Limited and Lansdowne Developed Markets Strategic Investment Master Fund Limited hold shares in Oxford Sciences Innovation plc. Peter is also a member of the investment committees of both the Oxford University Endowment fund and Magdalen College Oxford.

Peter has a first class honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.