About
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 · IMC Qualified · BA (Hons) · UK & EU work authorisation · 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) |
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.
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.
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.
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