| Charles D. Harman | |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1963 |
| Birth Place: | United Kingdom |
| Education: | Eton |
| Alma Mater: | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation: | Businessperson, investment banker |
| Children: | 3 |
Charles D. Harman (born January 1, 1963) is a British banker and businessman. Hewas vice chairman of J.P.Morgan Cazenove in 2015–2022. He has been a member ofcouncil of the University of Oxford since 2018.
Charles D. Harman was born in London. His father, Robert Harman, was a King's Counseland criminal barrister.[1] In 1984, he graduated fromMagdalen College, Oxford with a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics andEconomics.[2] While at Oxford he and a group of friends paddled asmall boat 1,200 miles down the Niger River in Africa, tracing the route of the earlynineteenth century Scottish explorer Mungo Park.
Harman lives in London and Oxfordshire, UK. A veteran cyclist, he has participated regularlyin the Cape Town Cycle Tour. He is married to Charlotte Harman, an art historian and teacher, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.[3]
Harman joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 1984 and spent three years working in itsTokyo office. He returned to London in 1990 to become part of a team focusing on newmarkets in Central and Eastern Europe. In 1995 Harman joined MC Securities, becoming CEO in 1996. From 1997 to 2001 he was managing director and Head of Emerging Europe investment banking at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.[2]
In 2001, Harman joined Cazenove, which became part of a joint venture with J.P.Morgan.[4] In 2008, he was appointed Head of Corporate Finance of J.P.Morgan Cazenoveand a year later, Head of UK Investment Banking for J.P.Morgan. During his time at thecompany, Harman headed the team providing financial advice to 02 in Telefónica's £18btakeover of the British mobile phone operator.[5]
In 2011, he was appointed CEO of BXR Partners, an emerging markets investment group co-founded with Zdenek Bakala.[6] He returned toJ.P.Morgan Cazenove as vice chairman from 2015 to 2022.[7]
Since 2015, he has served as chair of Peters Fraser & Dunlop, a UK literary agency andpublisher.[8] From 2011, he has beenco-owner and director of Klein Constantia an historic winery in South Africa.[9] He is also director ofOxford University Endowment Management Ltd.[10]
Harman is a member of council and a trustee of the University of Oxford. He was appointeddeputy chair of council in 2020.[8]
Harman is a trustee of the Big Give Trust (UK match funding charity),[11] Positive Women/FirstYear Africa (a charity seeking to reduce child morbidity in Africa),[12] as well as a co-founder of MoeKolo (Ukraine mental health NGO) and MedAid International (UK not-for-profit companywhich provides medical support to Ukraine).[13]
In May 2024, Harman was one of 121 business leaders who signed a public letter supportingLabour's economic policy ahead of the July 2024 General Elections.[14]