Gooch will be responsible for leading distribution within the charity sector for Rathbones, focusing on growth and developing new partnerships and relationships. She will work with Andy Pitt, head of charities and James Ayre, head of investments, charities, the firm said in a statement.

Prior to joining Rathbones, Gooch was managing director, co-head of social impact at BlackRock; she was also co-president of The BlackRock Foundation. Her responsibilities included developing and executing external grant-making programmes. She also spent several years as head of UK charities and endowments, where she managed charity and endowment client relationships, and led fundraising in the charitable sector on behalf of the business. Gooch also revitalised the investment range, for charities, with a focus on sustainability. Before BlackRock, she spent 10 years at NewSmith Asset Management where she was partner, business development. She worked for three years as a business development associate at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in London and Sydney.