Emma Wall

As Chief Investment Strategist, Emma is responsible for HL’s investment philosophy and analysis on funds, shares, ETFs and investments trusts, as well as research on pensions and personal finance, group-wide strategic asset allocation and ESG policies and processes. Emma is HL’s primary external advocate, sharing investment expertise with our clients, the media and the market. Emma also chairs the Distribution Investment Oversight Committee.

Before her appointment to the Executive Leadership Team, Emma has held various roles at HL since she joined the company in 2019 including leading the fund research team, running HL’s cash platform Active Savings, and heading up platform investments, where she determined the best products to distribute to our clients, including the pioneering LTAF launch. 

Prior to HL, she has held roles at data and analysis company Morningstar, latterly in Hong Kong from where she ran teams in India, the UK, Canada and Australia gaining a global perspective on markets, investors and regulation.

Outside of her role at HL, Emma chairs the ACT Stewardship Council and is a director of Bristol Future Talent Partnership, a Bristol-based youth charity.