Robert Alan Brown

Robert Brown died in November 2008 after a short illness.
He worked in investment management for family wealth, charitable endowments and institutional funds since 1972 with Phillips & Drew, NM Rothschild and UBS.
Between 1998 and 2004 he was the Managing Director of Chiswell and subsequently the Chief Executive of Sarasin Chiswell.
He was a regular speaker and writer on investment matters.
For ten years he wrote the Chiswell Compendium of Investment for Charities, a work of reference highly regarded for its long-term perspective on investment and for the breadth and depth of its comparative analysis of global asset classes.
He was a member of the Charity Finance Directors Group, a member of the Management Committee of the Charity Investors’ Group, a member of the Stock Exchange Speakers Panel and the Visiting Fellow in Charity Investment at the South Bank University Business School.
He was a Fellow of the Securities Institute and chaired the City Circle of the Forum for European Philosophy.