Invesco Perpetual is an investment company based in Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from Reading, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead...

, Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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, England

England

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Description and history

It was originally founded by Sir Martyn Arbib

Martyn Arbib

Sir Martyn Arbib is a British businessman who led the Perpetual fund management company very successfully during the late 20th century, unusually based in Henley-on-Thames, England rather than London.Martyn Arbib attended Felsted School....

  as Perpetual Mutual and then Perpetual plc. The company became a member of the AMVESCAP Group, which was subsequently renamed Invesco.

Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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 visited the company in 1998 to open a new complex of buildings after opening the nearby River and Rowing Museum

River and Rowing Museum

The River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, is located on a site at Mill Meadows by the River Thames. It has three main themes represented by major permanent galleries, the non-tidal River Thames, the international sport of rowing and the local town of...

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The company's UK Head of Investment is Neil Woodford

Neil Woodford

Neil Woodford is head of investment for Invesco Perpetual in the UK and has been described as "one of the best known and best performing fund managers in the UK market today".-Career to date:...

. The company is a significant employer in the town of Henley, England.