The session will look at the history of shareholder and company relations and how these have evolved over the past 100 years. It will then examine the current environment before looking at how Fidelity International is structured and how we address the stewardship of our investments. We will look at a particular case study in detail and consider the various options which are open to an investor to promote his views. Interactive discussion will be encouraged
Trelawny Williams is Corporate Finance Director at Fidelity International (FIL). Mr. Williams joined Fidelity in 2001 from M&G where he had held a similar position for the previous five years.
He began his career in 1979 with Brown Brothers Harriman in New York as a Corporate Finance Analyst and in 1982 he returned to London and held various positions in corporate finance with Morgan Grenfell and Prudential Bache, latterly as a Vice-President and Director. In 1992 he left the City and spent three years as Corporate Development Advisor with George Wimpey Plc. He joined M&G in 1996.
Born in London in 1957, Mr. Williams received a BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina where he was a John Motley Morehead Scholar and he holds a Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD.
Thomas Fraenkel-Thonet is a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity International (FIL).
From FIL's London headquarters, Mr. Fraenkel-Thonet manages a number of European equity funds for both retail and institutional clients including the Fidelity Funds European Larger Companies fund and the Fidelity European Institutional fund.
Prior to becoming a portfolio manager, Mr. Fraenkel-Thonet spent four years as a research analyst with FIL. As an analyst he covered the Insurance, Technology and Capital Goods sectors. He has a total of 14 years investment experience with Fidelity. Mr. Fraenkel-Thonet previously worked in the Equities Division of Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in Frankfurt and New York.
Born in 1964, Mr. Fraenkel-Thonet received an MBA from the Columbia Business School, New York and a Bachelor of Science in International Economics (Hon) from Georgetown University, Washington DC.
