Financial News An Audience With Patrick Thomson: ‘The office isn’t dead. You can’t manage people with algorithms’ ‘As a leader, you have to be even more visible at a time of crisis. You are reminded you are managing human beings’ Patrick Thomson expects 'there will be more consolidation coming ' Danilo Agutoli for FN By Monday January 25, 2021 7:14 am Patrick Thomson achieved what most people tried and failed to do during the first national lockdown: he took up a new hobby. The boss of JPMorgan's European asset management business has arguably made a wise choice with his new pastime, one which will demonstrate to his clients and fund management peers that he has taken environmental, social and governance issues to heart.