Robert King

Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board

About Robert

Robert King is the Chief Executive Officer at Acuity Knowledge Partners, managing all lines of business of the global organisation. He joined Acuity in 2017 as CEO and is based in our London office. He oversaw the business transition from corporate ownership to private equity and management ownership and has been pivotal to the rapid growth and diversification of the business in recent years, including the addition of new service lines and locations, as Acuity has scaled to serve over 500 financial services clients.

Prior to Acuity, Robert worked for Moody’s Corporation for 20 years, in a variety of roles. He was appointed Executive Director of Global Sales, Customer Services and Marketing in July 2013 after having previously managed the Moody’s Analytics Sales team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also spent four years, based in Hong Kong, managing Moody’s Analytics Sales teams for the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, he has served as Global Head of Sales for Moody’s Enterprise Risk Solutions business.

Before Moody’s, Robert worked in the private banking division of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Robert is a father of two children and an avid follower of English Premier League football and the England cricket team.

He holds a Master of Eastern European Studies from University College London, University of London, and a Bachelor of Political History from the University of Sussex.

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