Alex Barr

Alex is a Partner in Sarasin & Partners LLP and co-heads Sarasin Bread Street, a specialist private markets business formed in 2022. Prior to this he co-founded Bread Street Capital Partners, held senior investment roles at Janus Henderson, Aberdeen Standard Investments (now abrdn) and Deutsche Asset Management, and started his career with Franklin Templeton in 1993.

Alex has a wealth of private markets investing experience having led two LSE-listed investment companies (Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd, Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust plc), and has managed pension fund mandates for corporates, UK local authorities, government agencies, life companies, and endowments. He chaired Aberdeen’s award-winning Defined Contribution pension scheme and is current Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Audit & Risk Management Committee.

Alex has an MA in Economics and Accountancy from Aberdeen University, passed the inaugural Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme at Säid Business School, and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.