Iain Rawlinson
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Principal
London, GB
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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Biography
Iain Rawlinson is an experienced Chair and Board Director, Charity Trustee and Strategy Adviser, specialising in the leadership of boards of listed and private companies in a growth or development phase.
He began his career in investment banking with Lazard Brothers and Robert Fleming, where he built up a leading Southern African investment banking team. Following the sale of Robert Fleming to JP Morgan, he was appointed to establish Fleming Family & Partners, where he was a founding partner and COO from 2000 to 2003. He went on to hold several senior posts within FF&P before establishing his own office in 2005.
Iain has since undertaken a range of business and charitable roles, including as NED and Chair of the Audit and Remuneration Committees at Dana Petroleum PLC and, after a successful period advising the shareholders, as Chair of The Monarch Group, leading its transformation and preparing the Group for its eventual sale. He was NED at The Parkmead Group PLC and at the Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust.
He co-founded Vico Partners, a strategy and communications adviser in 2017, but returned to private practice with Rawlinson Partners Limited in 2023 to focus on his board and leadership roles, advisory appointments, and new investments. He is currently NED at Eurasia Mining PLC, and served as Chair of Global Philanthropic, an adviser on philanthropic capital flows, from 2021 until 2023.
Iain’s philanthropic activities began in 1991 as a founder member of the London International Piano Competition and continued with his appointment as a Trustee and Chair of Tusk Trust; as Chair of the International Boatbuilding Training College in Portsmouth; and as a Governor and Chair of Governors at Walhampton School. He also volunteered with the Centre for Social Innovation at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
Iain was educated at Birkenhead School, the University of Cambridge and the Inns of Court School of Law.
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Background
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2005 — Present
Principal
Rawlinson Partners Limited
Rawlinson Partners co-ordinates Iain's business and charitable activities.
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2009 — 2014
Executive Chairman
The Monarch Group
Following a six month advisory role, Iain was appointed Chairman of Monarch with a remit to restructure the business and strengthen its governance, management and investment case. During his tenure he successfully brought the company back to profitability and began negotiations for the company’s eventual merger.
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1986 — 1994
Corporate Finance
Lazard
Lazard, formerly known as Lazard Brothers, is one of the world’s leading financial advisory and asset management firms. Iain joined Lazard Brothers’ corporate finance department in 1986 and worked on a wide range of corporate M&A transactions and capital raisings in UK and overseas.
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1994 — 2000
Head of Corporate Finance
Robert Fleming & Co.
Iain joined Robert Fleming corporate finance in London in 1994. He was appointed to Robert Fleming in South Africa in 1995 to establish a new corporate finance team in Johannesburg in the aftermath of the new presidency of Nelson Mandela.
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2000 — 2005
Chief Operating Officer & Senior Adviser FF& Partners Ltd, Chief Executive FF&P Advisory
Fleming Family & Partners
Iain was one of the founding partners of the Fleming Family Office, which was set up by the family following the sale of Robert Fleming to JP Morgan Chase in 2000. Iain wrote and executed the business plan for the whole family office, and was Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2003, going on to hold senior positions in the group until 2005.
Formative Years
Education
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Inns of Court School of Law
1980 — 1981
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University of Cambridge
1977 — 1980
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Birkenhead School
1964 — 1976
Areas Of Focus