Collection GB 0074 LMA/4529 - ROSS GOOBEY, ALASTAIR

0.04 linear metres.

GB 0074 LMA/4529 2005-2008 Collection 0.04 linear metres. Ross Goobey , Alastair , 1945-2008 , investment manager and pension fund manager

Alastair Ross Goobey was born in 1945, the son of George Henry Ross Goobey, pension fund manager of Imperial Tobacco. After education at Marlborough and Cambridge he followed his father into the City, starting at Kleinwort Benson in 1968. He then worked at Hume Holdings, 1972-77; Courtauld pension fund, 1977-81 (investment manager); Geoffrey Morley and Partners, 1981-85 (director); James Capel, 1987-1993 (chief strategist); Hermes Pension Management, 1993 onwards (chief executive). He also served as a special advisor to the Treasury, 1986-1987; and was a member of the council of Lloyds.

Ross Goobey was noted for his contributions to the field of responsible investing and better corporate governance. He campaigned for certain elements of the UK Combined Code for the management of public companies, including the limitation of director's contracts, transparency and professionalism of appointments, and greater accountability and openness.

Ross Goobey contributed a column to various publications, and wrote two books: The Money Moguls (1986) on investment management, and Bricks and Mortals (1992) on the property market crash.

Outside the City he was a governor of the Wellcome Trust, helping to improve their income, a governor of the Royal Academy of Music (he was a keen pianist and clarinetist), and sat on the investment committee of the National Gallery.

In 1998 Ross Goobey was diagnosed with myeloma, a type of blood cancer. In 2000 he was awarded the CBE for services to pensions. He died in February 2008 aged 62, leaving a wife, Sarah, and a son and daughter.

Source of information: The Times, February 5 2008.

Records deposited by the Pensions Archive Trust in February 2008 with an additional deposit in 2009.

Clippings of obituaries for Mr Alastair Ross Goobey, pensions fund manager, from various national newspapers, and photographs of Goobey and other attendees at the inaugural Ross Goobey lecture at The Cass Business School.

LMA/4529/01: Obituaries. LMA/4529/02: Photographs.

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English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For the papers of George Henry Ross Goobey see reference LMA/4481.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Records prepared May to September 2011, and updated October 2012. Ross Goobey , Alastair , 1945-2008 , investment manager and pension fund manager Social services Pensions Social security Pensions fund managers Investment Finance People Business people People by occupation Investment managers Information sources Documents Service industries Obituaries Financial service industries Pension services City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Records deposited by the Pensions Archive Trust in February 2008 with an additional deposit in 2009.

Clippings of obituaries for Mr Alastair Ross Goobey, pensions fund manager, from various national newspapers, and photographs of Goobey and other attendees at the inaugural Ross Goobey lecture at The Cass Business School.

LMA/4529/01: Obituaries. LMA/4529/02: Photographs.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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English

For the papers of George Henry Ross Goobey see reference LMA/4481.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais