John Elder, one of the longest standing members of the PAM Awards Judging Panel, has died following a long illness, thewealthnet has learned.

Mr Elder was a member of the inaugural PAM Judging Panel in 2001 while managing director at Ernst & Young Investment Consulting.

He stood down from the Panel after the first year, having been appointed director of investment management at Newton Private Investment Management, but accepted the Panel’s invitation to rejoin i...