Hanneke Smits is the CEO of Newton Investment Management, a role which she assumed in August 2016. She is a member of the Newton Investment Management Limited (NIM) and Newton Investment Management (North America) Limited (NIMNA) boards. Hanneke is a member of The Investment Association's board, the trade body that represents UK investment managers. Hanneke previously served as a member of the Executive Committee at private equity firm Adams Street Partners from 2001 to 2014, and was its Chief Investment Officer from 2008 to 2014. She joined Adams Street in 1997 to successfully launch its presence in Europe and Asia, and to build out its global investment capabilities. In addition, she was an investment manager at Pantheon Ventures, and worked for Philips China Hong Kong Group. Hanneke is a Non-Executive Director to the Court of the Bank of England; Hanneke also chairs Impetus, a charity focused on transforming the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. As part of this appointment, she is Trustee of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), founded in 2011 by The Sutton Trust in partnership with Impetus. She has a BBA from Nijenrode University and a MBA from the London Business School.