Philip Warland spent the first part of his career in the Bank of England. He was the Governor’s Private Secretary, Adviser on Oil and Energy and Chief Press Officer amongst other roles. After a brief time with Standard Chartered the rest of his career has been in asset management. First as head of the trade association, now the IA. Then with PWC, and a head-hunter Halsey, and finally with Fidelity where he was Head of Public Policy.  Currently, he is a part time adviser to a Brussels based policy consultant, Kreab. He also was the founding chairman of the Oasis Trust which, amongst other things manages fifty-two City Academies and works in eleven countries worldwide.