Paul Victor Falzon Sant Manduca (born 15 November 1951) was chairman of Prudential plc in the United Kingdom from July 2012 until December 2020.
Manduca was born in London and educated at Harrow School, before earning a degree in modern languages at Hertford College,[1] Oxford University from 1970 to 1973.
Manduca became a portfolio manager at Rowe & Pitman, which later become part of S G Warburg, before running a range of funds and eventually becoming head of small company funds at Hill Samuel Asset Management in the early 1980s; the peak period for the Unlisted Securities Market.
[3] From 1994 to 1999, Manduca was founding CEO of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited, during which time he was also a director of Eagle Star Insurance and Allied Dunbar.
[citation needed] He chaired Bridgewell Group plc from 2006 to 2008, and was a director and chairman of JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Investment Trust from 2005 to 2012.