- Representing the Emerging Markets Equities Team at all levels internally and externally- Personally responsible for raising over EUR 300m in the EM strategies- Deep involvement in enhancing and growing the ESG and SDG strategies- Developing the commercial strategy- Lynch pin between Sales, Marketing and the Emerging Markets Equities team- Maintaining, developing and initiating client relationshipsPUBLICATIONS> Political tensions rise in Brazil as presidential election approaches> Guide to Emerging Markets Investing> White Paper on measuring the ESG impact on an EM strategy - 'Untangling the Gordian Knot'> White Paper on 'Emerging Markets - the past 25 years and the outlook'

• Founder of Sephira EM Asia LLP (Absolute Return Fund) • High conviction Emerging Asian Equity strategy - truly active, focused and differentiatedSTRATEGY SUMMARY> Unconstrained by a benchmark - stocks held only for performance enhancement reasons> High Conviction (20 - 40 stocks) - target Active Share of more than 85%> Fundamental research-based stock-picking within a Thematic overlay> Uncovering investments where forecasted earnings expectations differ from ours> Systematic investment process underpinned by Behavioural Finance Concepts> Rigorous portfolio construction and risk disciplines• Team: 4 investment professionals (one based in Singapore) and 2 operations-related specialistsOct 2016 - Mar 2017• Provided consultancy services to Capitalworks Investment Partnership (Pty) Ltd on the feasibility of implementing an emerging market-related equity platform• Developed an effective business plan, defined the strategy's USP, implemented an investment process and portfolio construction disciplines, generated financial projections, calculated peak working capital requirements, applied stress testing with scenario analysis, created a suitable capital raising plan and produced the pitch book

Established, developed and commercialised the in-house GEM Equity platform.KEY HIGHLIGHTS• Outperformed the MSCI EM Index by 4.4% in the first year of operations• Lead manager of the S$300m GEM fund - unconstrained and high conviction approach• Recruited and managed a diverse GEM team, 4 analysts and 1 trader• Devised and implemented a proprietary investment process, portfolio construction disciplines and risk management framework• Created and developed the pitch book used in business development and for marketing

Successfully rebuilt, rebranded and refocused the Asian team with the goal of becoming a key regional asset manager. KEY HIGHLIGHTS• Completely rebuilt the Asian team (25 people), devising and implementing a new investment process and portfolio construction disciplines• Lead Manager of the regional retail and institutional funds (US$1bn+)• By August 2014, Asian equity assets under management totalled cUS$5.5bn across regional funds, country funds and special situations mandates• Initiated and managed the regional High Conviction Funds (US$350m+)• Involved in launching multi-asset Asian income product• Significantly improved fund performance across most strategies• Actively involved in business development of the Asian product range (existing products and new launches), marketing to both retail and institutional clients across Asia, Europe and North America• Won two ASEAN fund mandates, one Indonesian fund mandate, one Asian consumer fund mandate, and one China ‘A’-share fund mandate • Managed a diverse team of 24 people made up of ten fund managers, ten analysts, and four admin staff• Member of the Investment Committee and the Asset Allocation Team

Established and developed an in-house Asian equity platformKEY HIGHLIGHTS• Actively involved in marketing to retail and institutional clients to grow Asian assets• Managed team analysts regarding Asian research output• Strategic input into GEM product

KEY HIGHLIGHTS• Lead manager of the Institutional Asian equity funds and co-manager of the retail funds• Deputy Head of Asian team, managing over £5bn total assets under management• Created, launched and managed a £25mn long-short Asia Hedge fund fund• Secured mandate from Russell Investments to manage an Asia Pacific fundSep 2006 – Sep 2008 Head of Global Technology team

KEY HIGHLIGHTS• Dual role of fund manager and analyst (in-house fundamental research)• Long only GEM (Asia) equity funds – lead manager for Institutional and Retail mandates• Sector specialist – stock idea generation re Technology and Utilities

KEY HIGHLIGHTS• Sole manager of the Asian equity fund (£350m) • Sole manager of the Asian Bond fund (£75m)• Trained and developed junior team members on the desk• Initiated and produced emerging country investment framework for the Shell Pension Plan

KEY HIGHLIGHTS• Initiated and developed the Asian equity product • Member of global asset allocation team and Asian adviser to Head Office re strategy and asset allocation