Paul Parkins-Godwin, FCA

Co-Head of External Alpha Operational Risk, Solutions, Man Group
Man Institute Contributor

Paul Parkins-Godwin is the Co-Head of External Alpha Operational Risk at Solutions, based in London, responsible for the assessment and monitoring of the business, legal, financial and operational risks of investments in alternatives. Paul is a voting member of the External Alpha Investment Committee and a member of the External Alpha Valuation Oversight Committee and Man Group’s Counterparty Monitoring Committee.

Prior to joining Man FRM in 2016, Paul worked as COO of Investments at Guardian Financial Services, a UK insurance company, and as Head of Operational Due Diligence International at UBS Hedge Fund Solutions. Paul trained as a chartered accountant within the Financial Services Office at Ernst & Young LLP in London.

Paul holds a BA (Hons), First Class, in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Sheffield and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant in England and Wales.

Man Institute content contributed by Paul

The Wheat and the Chaff - A Guide to Rating an RI Fund Manager

Responsible Investment read 14 min
February 2021

The Wheat and the Chaff - A Guide to Rating an RI Fund Manager

It is more important than ever that hedge fund investors are able to distinguish genuine responsible investment managers from those that greenwash. In this article, we outline what we believe is best practice when assessing an investment manager’s RI credentials.

Vigilance in a Virtual World: Operational Due Diligence in a Remote Working Environment

Innovation read 11 min
June 2020

Vigilance in a Virtual World: Operational Due Diligence in a Remote Working Environment

A look at the challenges Covid-19 and the resulting working-from-home environment present to operational due diligence: what new risks are there to assess, how can ODD be conducted and will this change how ODD looks in the future?
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