Caroline Bault

NERC Non-Executive Director

Caroline Bault is a member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Assurance Board and NERC Management Board.

Caroline is a Managing Partner at CounselRock Partners, a specialist hedge fund research and alternative investment consultancy. She is also a non-executive director of multiacademy trust Aspirations Academies Trust and think tank Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL), where she chairs the audit committees. She is a Board Director of ETHEX, a crowd funder and social impact investment online platform, as well as a trustee of the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity and the African Conservation Foundation.

Caroline has 30 years’ experience in financial services and capital markets ranging from equity research and investment banking to hedge fund allocation, venture capital and angel investing. She has worked in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and New York and her prior assignments include MD CAIA Association, Director European Research at Commerzbank in London and Frankfurt and Executive Director at Goldman Sachs International.

She has an MBA from the University of San Diego, California and a BSBA from the University of Hartford, Connecticut. She is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and a member of the CFA Institute. Caroline served as Chair of the Education Committee of 100 Women in Finance in London between 2009 and 2011 and is currently an Academies Ambassador.

Last updated: 5 September 2023

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