‘You’ll make an awful lot of mistakes’: This boutique boss’s key lessons

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‘It’s really, really stressful’. Dan Brocklebank, UK director of Orbis Investments, has perhaps summarised the chief challenge facing all independent asset managers, but it is not all downside.

Speaking as part of our Boutique Builders podcast series, Brocklebank outlined what drives business thinking at the UK-based group, how investment returns remain the key driver for the future of the company and what he factors in when recruiting people.

In this interview, Brocklebank also outlines why mistakes and failings will happen, but it is about creating both a working culture and an investment framework which means any fallout does not prove detrimental for the company as a whole.