About Prospero Media
25 years inside financial communications.
Now working for you.
Prospero Media is David Ryder — an internationally experienced investment communications leader with a track record spanning journalism, publishing, broadcasting, content marketing and institutional client work across the UK, Luxembourg, the US and Europe.
CFA Level 1
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IMC Qualified
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BA (Hons)
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UK & EU work authorisation
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French B1
Quick facts
Based: Luxembourg
Experience: 25+ years
Markets: UK, Luxembourg, US, Europe
Specialisms: Asset management, fund companies, financial services
Languages: English (native), French (B1)
David Ryder
Founder, Prospero Media
I started my career at Euromoney in Hong Kong and London in 1995, publishing and editing financial and professional services B2B titles. That gave me something most communications professionals never get — a genuine understanding of what journalists need, what readers want, and what makes financial content worth publishing.
Over the following two decades I moved from the publishing side to the institutional side, leading investment communications at Mercer Investments, Fidelity Investments and Lloyds Banking Group / Schroders Personal Wealth. I’ve written CIO white papers, built content programmes from scratch, trained C-suite executives for media appearances, and led award submissions — winning three in 18 months at Mercer alone.
At Schroders Personal Wealth I restructured the webinar programme, tripling attendance, and redesigned the daily market update — growing subscribers from 250 to 7,500 in 18 months. My performance was rated in the top 2.5% of the workforce.
I have also written and co-written books, broadcast for the BBC, contributed to the Independent on Sunday and Daily Express, and worked with clients including Barclays, Morgan Stanley, KPMG, Freshfields and the New York Stock Exchange.
Since 2021 I have run Prospero Media from Luxembourg, providing communications consulting for institutional, wholesale and retail financial clients in Boston, Zurich, London and Luxembourg — as well as serving as Communications Director at a not-for-profit organisation building free regulatory resources used by tier-one financial institutions across the US and Europe.
Career history
25 years on both sides of financial communications
2021 — present
Luxembourg
Founder — Prospero Media
Communications consulting for institutional, wholesale and retail financial clients across Boston, Zurich, London and Luxembourg. Also serving as Communications Director at a not-for-profit creating regulatory resources used by tier-one institutions across the US and Europe.
2015 — 2021
UK
Investment Communications Lead — Lloyds Banking Group / Schroders Personal Wealth
Built the client-facing communications programme from the ground up. Tripled webinar attendance. Grew daily market update subscribers from 250 to 7,500 in 18 months. Authored CIO white papers. Performance rated top 2.5% of workforce.
2013 — 2015
UK
Head of Reporting — Fidelity Investments (FIL)
New content delivery programme for annual shareholder and performance reports. Worked directly with the CEO and senior global leadership. Produced multimedia content and provided C-suite media training.
2011 — 2013
UK
Communications Lead, Fiduciary Division — Mercer Investments
Created the communications programme for the Fiduciary division. Led PR strategy with placements in Financial News, Pensions Age and Pensions Monthly. Won three industry awards in 18 months. Reduced reporting timeline by 30%.
2007 — 2011
UK
Freelance — Writing, Marketing, Training & Broadcasting
Clients included Barclays, Marks & Spencer, New York Stock Exchange, Morgan Stanley, KPMG, Shearman & Sterling, Freshfields. Broadcasting for the BBC and TalkSport. Writing for the Independent on Sunday and Daily Express. Drove MoneyMagpie email subscriptions from 5,000 to 35,000+ in 14 months.
2002 — 2006
UK
Co-Founder — CreditWrap Debt Capital Markets Magazine
Co-founded a debt capital markets publication bringing issuers and investors together with market insight.
1999 — 2002
UK
Publisher — White Page
Published multilingual financial and legal guides in partnership with top-tier banks, law firms and accountancy firms.
1995 — 1999
Hong Kong & London
Publisher & Editor — Euromoney
Published and edited regular and one-off financial and professional services B2B publications. Based in Hong Kong for two and a half years before returning to London.
What colleagues say
“David has a gift for connecting business issues and people with the audiences who need to know about them. He brings energy, focus, respect and insight to everything I’ve ever known him to work on.”
Former colleague — financial and legal publishing
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