About Paul Manduca Paul is currently Chairman of Prudential plc, a position he has held since July 2012, having joined the Board as Senior Independent Director in October 2010. He is due to step down from Prudential plc on 31 December 2020. He has served as chairman of the Association of Investment Companies (1991 to 1993), founding CEO of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (1994 to 1999), global CEO of Rothschild Asset Management (1999 to 2002), and director of Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar, as well as holding the offices of European CEO of Deutsche Asset Management (2002 to 2005), chairman of Bridgewell Group plc and a director of Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc.