Neil Williams

Mr. Andrew N.
Williams is a Group Chief Economist at Hermes Investment Management Ltd.
He joined Hermes in August 2009 and is responsible for Hermes’ economic research.
He has a forward-looking approach to generate investment strategy ideas and adopts top-down methods – macro and market analysis to identify interest rate and credit value, and sovereign default risk.
He has over 30 years’ industry experience.
Mr. Williams began his career in 1987 at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), becoming its youngest ever Head of Economic Policy.
He went on to hold a number of senior positions in investment banks – including Director of Bond Research at UBS, Head of Research at Sumitomo International, Global Head of Emerging Markets Research at PaineWebber International, and, before coming to Hermes, Head of Sovereign Research and Strategy at Mizuho International.
He completed his BSc (Hons) in Economics from University College Swansea and earned an MA in Economics from Manchester University in 1986.