David Harding has been at the forefront of systematic investment management for 30 years. He has founded two successful investment management companies: the first, AHL, was sold to Man Group in 1994; he launched the second, Winton, in 1997.

A graduate of Cambridge University, David received a First Class Honours degree in Natural Sciences, specialising in Theoretical Physics.

David’s philanthropic interests focus on funding scientific research and the communication of scientific ideas. His notable endowments include the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Winton Centre for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University, the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin and the Mathematics Gallery at the Science Museum in London.

David sits on the Advisory Board of the Royal Society, the University of Cambridge Development Board, and is an honorary Fellow of the Science Museum, and of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.