Founders
Gavyn Davies (co-Founder)
Gavyn is Chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management and Head of the Fulcrum Investment Committee.
Previously, Gavyn was Chairman of the BBC from 2001 to 2004. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1986 and was a Partner from 1988 to 2001. He was also the firm’s Chief Economist over that period and Chairman of the Research Department. He was repeatedly ranked as the City’s top UK and European economist in surveys of institutional investors. From 1992 to 1997, he was a member of H.M.Treasury Independent Forecasting Panel. He began as a City Economist, first with Phillips and Drew from 1979 to 1981, then Simon and Coates from 1981 to 1986.
Gavyn graduated in economics from St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1972. This was followed by two years of research at Balliol College Oxford. He joined the Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street as an Economist in 1974 and was an Economic Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979.