Howard Cooper began his career trading public equities for his own account, becoming a full-time trader in the 1980s. In 2006 Mr. Cooper established a single-family office to manage his family assets, which were derived from his stock trading. His SFO has since then transitioned to global investing, primarily in alternative investments, including hedge and private equity funds as well as direct investments in operating companies. Mr. Cooper is an honors graduate of Princeton University and has guest lectured at Cambridge , Oxford and London Universities.
Howard Cooper was Chairman of the Board on Family Offices, Endowments and Foundations at Princeton University, Chairman of the London School of Management College of Family Offices and chairs the Family Office Council at the London School of Business. He is involved in the Genome Project at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and was Chairman of the advisory board on Osteoarthritis and Orthopedics at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and has been an advisor to the Oxford University Department of Astrophysical Sciences and was Chairman of the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery Advisory Board and the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Health Symposium. Howard Cooper is Chairman of the Durham University Graduate School of Business Global Investor’s Forum, past-Chairman of the Investment Committee , was Chairman of the University of Oxford of Department of Astronomy Advisory Council.He is a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Cambridge Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering and a member of the Board of Directors of Cambridge University. Howard Cooper has been Chairman of the Birmingham University School of Medicine Family Office Leadership Board.
He is an advisor to several university academic advisory councils and a member of the 14-10 Investment Fellowship of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Mr. Cooper is devoted to his favorite philanthropic endeavor of supporting music and art education among underprivileged students.