Karl Sternberg

Skills and experience: Karl Sternberg joined the AGA Board on 1 March 2024. He was appointed as Chairman on 1 July 2024. Karl was a founding Partner of institutional asset manager Oxford Investment Partners, which was acquired by Towers Watson in 2013. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Morgan Grenfell/Deutsche Asset Management, between 1992 and 2004, including as Chief Investment Officer for Europe, Australia, and Asia Pacific. Since 2006, he has developed his non-executive director career, with a focus on investment management and the investment trust sector in particular. From 2010 to 2015 he was a Non-Executive Director of Friends Life Group plc where he was Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee.

Current appointments: Chairman of Clipstone Industrial REIT plc and Monks Investment Trust plc; and Non-Executive Director of Capital Gearing Trust plc.

Qualifications: Graduate of Christ Church, University of Oxford.