Paul Ruddock Honoured With Knighthood
The 2012 New Year Honours List recognises outstanding achievement and service across the whole of the United Kingdom
The vast majority of the awards go not to stars of sport, stage and screen but to extraordinary people who are serving their local communities. Most recipients have been recognised for making a real difference to those around them through volunteering, fundraising, social action and philanthropy.
Read more from Directgov New Year Honours List 2012
Philanthropy has also been a prominent theme amongst the recipients with 14 philanthropists receiving awards at knighthood and CBE level. The list includes knighthoods to Paul Ruddock, Chief Executive of Lansdowne Partners, who has contributed to the revival of the Victoria and Albert Museum and other cultural institutions.
Read more from The Cabinet Office New Year’s Honours List 2012
Mansfield College
Paul Ruddock was the first Mansfield student to obtain a First Class Honours in Jurisprudence and in 2008 Paul was elected to a Bancroft Fellowship of the College. In interviews Paul has referenced how Mansfield College was the making of who he is today.

Paul Ruddock brought great lustre on the Oxford University, from his earliest days as an undergraduate, when he was the first Mansfield student to obtain a First Class Honours in Jurisprudence.
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The Bancroft Fellowship, which is named after the late Lord Bancroft, formerly Chairman of Trustees for the College before it was awarded its Royal Charter as a full college of the University, is the most prestigious honour the College can bestow on a generous benefactor.
Performance Awards of Paul Ruddock
- 2011 European Performance Awards Winners: Outstanding contribution to the industry awarded to a fund manager
- 2011 Financial News: Best Fund Manager in Long/Short Equities
- 2011 Hedge Funds Review: Paul Ruddock – Award for most outstanding contribution to the Hedge Fund Industry
- 2009 EuroHedge Long Term Performance Award (Equity Strategies) – Lansdowne Global Financials
- 2008 Financial News: Best Operator in Long/Short Equity Single-Manager Hedge Funds – Lansdowne Partners
- 2006 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: UK Equity – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2006 The Compliance Register OStCaR Awards: Best Chief Executive / MD Award – Paul Ruddock, Lansdowne Partners
- 2005 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: UK Equity – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2005 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: Global Equity – Lansdowne Global Financials Fund
- 2005 EuroHedge Management Firm of the Year – Lansdowne Partners
- 2004 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: UK Equity – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2004 The Compliance Register OStCaR Awards: Hall of Fame Achiever of the Year – Lansdowne Partners
Nominations & Honourable Mentions Of Paul Ruddock
- 2009 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: European Equity – Lansdowne European Equity
- 2009 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: UK Equity – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2009 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: Global Equity – Lansdowne Global Financials Fund
- 2009 EuroHedge Long Term Performance Award – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2009 EuroHedge Fund of the Year – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2009 EuroHedge Management Firm of the Year – Lansdowne Partners
- 2008 EuroHedge Long Term Performance Award – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2007 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: UK Equity – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2007 EuroHedge Fund of the Year: Global Equity (specialist sectors) – Lansdowne Global Financials
- 2007 EuroHedge Fund of the Year – Lansdowne UK Equity Fund
- 2007 EuroHedge Management Firm of the Year – Lansdowne Partners
- 2006 EuroHedge Management Firm of the Year – Lansdowne Partners
- 2004 EuroHedge Management Firm of the Year – Lansdowne Partners
- 2001 EuroHedge New Fund of the Year: Long/Short Equity Equity Fund