Colin Bennett

Colin Bennett is Head of Marketing and Client Experience for GAM Investments, responsible for all marketing, brand and digital distribution activity globally. Colin has more than 25 years’ strategic and tactical experience in the financial services sector, adopting an unrelenting focus on innovation and client experience, in roles spanning sales, marketing, operations and technology. With a focus on sustainable excellence, compassionate leadership and inclusivity, Colin has built successful global teams delivering complex change and distinctive services for clients of asset management, wealth management and private label businesses. Colin co-authored The WealthTech Book, which looks at disruption, innovation and opportunity in technology in the investment management sector. He also serves on the Investment Association’s (IA) Fintech Advisory Panel, the IA Technology Forum and is a mentor for the NatWest Start-up Accelerator and Multiverse for apprentices. Originally an Engineering and Business Management graduate, Colin’s business roles have led him to become a Chartered IT Professional and a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is a graduate from MIT’s Certificate in Fintech: Future of Commerce and was recently awarded an Executive Diploma in Digital Leadership from Warwick Business School.