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Jupiter’s Matthew Beesley: ‘I’ve been laser-focused on the things I can control’

Beesley became CEO of Jupiter just nine months after he joined the firm — now he’s making big changes to reverse the asset manager’s failing fortunes

Matthew Beesley joined from Artemis as Jupiter’s chief investment officer in January last year, before becoming deputy CEO in June then CEO in October

Danilo Agutoli for FN

Matthew Beesley is not a fan of stuffy meeting rooms.

When the Jupiter boss turns up to our allocated meeting space at the FTSE 250 asset manager’s Victoria offices, he takes one look inside — then suggests we move to a quiet corner on the investment floor, not far from where he sits among other staff.

Jupiter employees are still getting used...