Rita Dhut has over 28 years of varied investment experience having gained industry recognition and multiple awards during her fund management career for organisations such as M&G Plc and Aviva Investors. Rita is now an active investor in and advisor to early stage companies as well as a Venture partner for Newable’s range of Scale Up funds investing in deep technology start ups. She is a non-executive director of JP Morgan European Investment Trust plc and Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust Plc. Rita has pursued other personal interests close to her heart and is a Trustee for The Girls’ Day School Trust, a Childline counsellor and formerly a Trustee of the charity All Change. She is an associate of the CFA Institute and a graduate of City University, London.