Our Team
Executive Committee 2023/24
Harrison Riche
Chief Executive Officer
Harrison is a finalist Economics student who undertook an internship in the EY Corporate Finance division this summer. Harrison started as an analyst in the Finance and Real Estate sector, before taking up the role of Chief Risk Officer in his second year.
Weng Lum Khoo
Chief Investment Officer
Weng is a finalist Economics and Finance student who undertook an internship in Jefferies Equity Research Division this summer. Weng started as a Technology and Communications analyst in his first year, then took on the role of Sector Head for Healthcare in his second year.
Zak Wadud
Chief Risk Officer
Zak is a finalist Economics and Finance student, who undertook an internship in the Equities division at Allianz Global Investors this summer. Zak started as Real Estate & Financials Analyst before taking on the role of Sector Head of Green Technology and Related Systems in his second year.
Mona Hosny
Chief Finance Officer
Mona is a finalist Business and Management student, recently completing her year-long industrial placement. Mona started as a Real Estate & Financials Analyst before taking on the role of Chief Operating Officer in her penultimate year where she focused on development within the fund and organising the UK’s first SMIF Conference.
Jack Hubbard
Chief Operating Officer
Jack is a finalist Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) student. Having completed his placement year in Equity finance at Helix Securities in Dubai, he undertook an internship at UBS in London on their Global Markets this summer.
Clara Brown
Chief Training Officer
Clara is a second-year Mathematics and Finance student who joined the fund as a Materials and Industrials analyst. Before university, Clara spent a year as an intern at an impact wealth management firm and will now be sharing her experiences as CTO.
Georgiana Hillier
Chief Business Development Officer
Georgiana is a second-year Environment, Ecology and Economics student. Georgiana started as a Real Estate and Financials Analyst and is a member of Plantagenet Capital, who are finalists in the 2023 Southeastern Hedge Fund competition.
Sector Teams
Our seven Sector Teams are carefully organised and span a wide range of industries. These include Tactical & Thematic, Healthcare, Materials & Industrials, Financials & Real Estate, Materials & Industrials, Green Technology & Related Systems and Cloud Computing & Software. Sector Teams consist of Senior and Junior Analysts, who work with and under the guidance of their respective Sector Head to produce termly investment opportunities for the fund in the form of stock pitches.
Stock pitches take place at each weekly meeting, after a series of macroeconomic and portfolio updates delivered by the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Risk Officer. These pitches follow a fundamental bottom-up approach, with extensive research being conducted on the stock in question. Then, a Q&A session will follow where the pitching analysts receive critique from the rest of the fund - not to undermine the pitch, but with the sole intention to generate the greatest levels of alpha for the fund. Finally, a vote takes place where the decision is made whether or not to invest - by all members of the fund.
Sector Heads 2023/24
Sector Heads are responsible for the output of research and information on their respective sector in weekly fund meetings, mentoring junior analysts, and acting as the first port of call for any sector-specific questions. Sector Heads take the lead on generating innovative investment ideas and must meet with their teams to discuss research and ideas a minimum of twice a term.
Harvey Hester
Cloud Computing & Software
Cedric Weckherlin
Consumer Discretionary & Staples
Sophie Lindenfelser
Green Technology & Related Systems
Ilija Steinmann
Financials & Real Estate
Morgan Davies
Healthcare
Nicholas Hammond
Materials & Industrials
Owen Munday
Thematic & Tactical
Oversight Committee
The Oversight Committee is made up of members of the University of York’s staff, ranging from academic staff to Alumni relations. Given the nature of a changing executive committee every year, the Oversight Committee provides a longer-term oversight of the Griff Investment Fund. The Oversight Committee meets termly with the executive committee to discuss the progress of the fund. Dr Keith Anderson currently chairs the oversight committee.