In his new role Roberts will be responsible for analysing collectives for the firm’s multi-manager funds - Absolute Return, Cautious, Balanced and Active - and will work alongside the team’s existing analysts, Ari Towli and Katie Trowsdale. He joins at the start of July and will report to Tony Lanning, Gartmore’s head of multi-manager.

Roberts joins from Williams de Bröe, where he was head of fund research.