Hugo Bedford

Hugo is Chief Executive and a board member of JM Finn. 

With 30 years of investment industry experience Hugo has worked in Private Client Investment Management all his working life, starting his career at James Capel back in 1992. He is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment having achieved the Securities Institute Diploma with papers on institutional investment advice, private client investment advice and regulation & compliance.

He joined JM Finn in 2006 from HSBC where he ran the High Net Worth Desk in the Investment Management Division. Prior to taking up the CEO role at JM Finn in 2021, he looked after over £460 million of client assets and had oversight for sixteen investment managers with total assets under management and administration of over £3 billion. He was recommended in The Spear's 500 2019 & 2020 editions and named ‘Outstanding in Field’ in the former and a “distinguished individual” in the latter. Hugo has also been named in the PAM 50 Most Influential lists in 2023 and 2024. 

He holds a 2:1 degree in Economics and Politics from Durham University. Married to Charlotte, they have twin boys and a daughter and live in North Hampshire. He is an avid fisherman, enjoys walking and has recently taken up open water swimming. He also plays cricket and still turns out for JM Finn’s Stockbroker Cup eleven as well as his local village side.