Sonja Laud

Sonja Laud is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at L&G Asset Management and a member of its Executive Team. She leads the firm’s entire Investment and Trading teams, setting the firms Investment strategy, with a focus on leading L&G Asset Managements responsible investment efforts.
Sonja joined L&G in 2019 from Fidelity International where she was Head of Equity. Prior to that she worked at Barings where she launched and managed global multi-asset portfolios.
Prior to that, she worked for Schroders where she managed, for eight successful years, several global, European and UK equity funds, with a focus on high-dividend stocks. Sonja started her career at DWS in Frankfurt, where she was an award-winning global equities portfolio manager.
Sonja has completed a Global Executive MBA program at TRIUM (LSE, NYUStern, HEC) and has MSc, EMIM from ESCP Europe. She is a CFA Charter holder. She is a regular media commentator, appearing across broadcast including the BBC, Sky News, Bloomberg and CNBC.