Mohsin Ahmad

Fund Manager

16 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2020.

Mohsin Ahmad is a fund manager for the Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions strategy. He was previously a senior analyst on the Hermes Impact Opportunities Fund, having joined Hermes Investment Management in 2017.

Prior to joining Hermes, he was an investment manager in Global Equities at Pictet Asset Management. Mohsin is experienced in thematic equities having spent time working with the thematic equity funds in Geneva, including Water, Clean Energy and Agriculture. During his time at Pictet, Mohsin was also a generalist on the World Equities Fund and covered energy, materials and specialty chemicals sectors for the Global Major Players Fund. Mohsin started his career at Savills Commercial in London within Investment and European Valuations.

Mohsin graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts in Land Economy (Law, Economics & Environment). Mohsin is a CFA charterholder, holds the CFA Certificate in Climate & Investing and is a member of the GIIN Listed Equities Working Group.

Clive Beagles

Senior Fund Manager

35 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Sep 2004.

Clive co-manages the JOHCM UK Equity Income Fund, alongside James Lowen, and is one of the UK’s most highly respected equity income managers. Prior to joining JOHCM, Clive worked at Newton Investment Management as Investment Leader, UK Equities and managed the successful Newton Higher Income Fund for three years. Clive holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and is an associate member of the Institute of Investment Management and Research.

Vishal Bhatia

Senior Fund Manager

20 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Aug 2007.

Vishal is a Senior Fund Manager for the JOHCM UK Growth Strategy. Prior to joining JOHCM, Vishal worked at Merrill Lynch as a European Telecommunications Equipment Analyst. Vishal holds a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is a CFA Charterholder. 

Emery Brewer

Senior Fund Manager

34 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Mar 2010.

In December 1997, Emery founded the Driehaus Capital Management Emerging Markets Growth Fund which he managed for 10 years. In 1998, he founded the Driehaus International Discovery Fund which he co-managed with Dr. Ivo Kovachev until April 2005. Prior to this, he was an Analyst and Manager for the Driehaus East Europe Fund. Emery has a BSc in Economics from the University of Utah and a MBA from the University of Rochester.

Ada Chan

Senior Fund Manager

24 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2011.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Ada spent three years at GMO LLC as an Investment Analyst. She previously worked at Baring Asset Management as an Equity Research Analyst. Prior to 2000, she worked as an International Management Trainee and Equity Research Intern at State Street Corporation and Salomon Smith Barney respectively. Ada holds an MSc in Computer Information Systems and BA in Business Administration, both from Boston University.

Mark Costar

Senior Fund Manager

32 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Aug 2001.

Mark is Senior Fund Manager of the JOHCM UK Growth Strategy which he has managed since its launch in 2001. Prior to joining JOHCM, Mark spent nine years at Clerical Medical Investment Group, where he was responsible for managing approximately £2 billion. He managed the Clerical Medical UK Growth Fund from July 1996. Mark holds a BSc (Hons) in Industrial Economics from the University of Warwick.

Tim Crockford

Head of Equity Impact Solutions

17 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Jun 2020.

Tim Crockford leads the Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions team. He previously managed the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund from its launch in December 2017, having co-founded the Hermes Impact team in 2016. Tim joined Hermes Investment Management in 2009 as a research analyst for the European Equities team and became lead portfolio manager of the ESG-integrated Hermes Europe ex-UK Equity Fund in 2015, which he also managed until he left Hermes. Prior to joining Hermes, Tim was an analyst at Sourcecap International, a European equity fund boutique, which Hermes acquired in 2009. Before that he was a primary research analyst at Execution Limited (which seeded Sourcecap), where he worked on major projects in the consumer, retail and financial services sectors. Tim was raised and educated in Malta and graduated from the University of Malta in 2006 with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) degree, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce degree. 

Nikolaos Dimakis

Senior Data Scientist

15 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in May 2022.

Nikolaos Dimakis joined J O Hambro as a Senior Data Scientist, focusing on sustainability analysis using alternative data, and developing the firm's data science capabilities. Prior to joining J O Hambro, Nikolaos worked at Federated Hermes Limited as a quantitative analyst building tools to support the ESG integration. Before, he held roles with Barclays Investment Bank as a quantitative analyst in the credit risk team and as a quantitative analyst at Prius Partners, an ESG analytics startup. Nikolaos started his career in finance in 2009 at La Fayette Investment Management UK, where he was a quantitative and risk analyst. Prior to that, Nikolaos was involved in EU and UK DoD research projects in multi-agent systems, focusing on systems supporting human activities. Nikolaos has a BSc. in Computer Science and Informatics from the University of Patras in Greece, a MSc. in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University, and an MPhil. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London.

Luis Fañanas

Fund Manager

29 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Mar 2015.

Luis joined JOHCM from T Rowe Price International where he was a Senior Buy-Side Analyst and member of the Investment Committee for the Global Small-Mid Cap team. Before that, Luis was a Sell-Side Equity Analyst at Deutsche Bank. Luis holds a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration, specialising in Finance and Actuary from Complutense University, Madrid. He is a native Spanish speaker, fluent English and basic French.

Jack Firth

Analyst

8 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Jun 2021.

Jack joined the International/Global Select team in 2024, having previously held the position of Senior Risk Analyst within the Investment Risk team. During his time at JOHCM he initially supported the Chief Risk Officer in the oversight of the JOHCM fund range and supported the investment teams with quantitative analysis and analytical support. He most recently integrated factor analysis into the stock screening and analysis process for the International/Global Select team, and assisted with portfolio construction around index concentration risk. Prior to this, Jack started his career in investment management at Abrdn (formally Standard Life Investments), completing a graduate training scheme in investment risk and holding several roles covering US equities, Global fixed income, and fund of hedge funds. Jack is a CFA Charterholder, and holds a first class Masters of Engineering (Honours) in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol.

Maxime Le Floch

Senior Analyst

13 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2020.

Maxime is an investment analyst dedicated to the Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions strategy. He was previously an analyst on the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund.. He joined Hermes in 2015, initially to lead the ESG integration work across equities and credit strategies. In 2016 Maxime transferred to the investment side where he helped develop the Impact Opportunities Equity Fund. Prior to joining Hermes, Maxime worked at AXA Investment Managers in London as a responsible investment analyst, covering the global energy and materials sectors, producing thematic research on sustainability trends and engaging with companies. Maxime graduated from Sciences Po Bordeaux in 2010 with a Master’s degree in Politics and Master’s in Economics. He is a CFA charterholder.

Edward Geall

Senior Research Analyst

8 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Feb 2022.

 Ed joined JOHCM in February 2022 as a Senior Research Analyst.  His focus is on companies undergoing business transformation in response to the Climate Transition. He was previously a Research Analyst, with a focus on sustainable and thematic equities, at Newton Investment Management.

Prior to joining the asset management industry, Ed was an academic at the University of Warwick, where his research and teaching centred on the economic history of Europe, network theory, and political economy. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Warwick, where his research into state development was sponsored by the Economic & Social Research Council. Ed holds a master’s degree from the University of Oxford.

Cho-Yu Kooi

Senior Fund Manager

31 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in May 2011.

Cho-Yu is Senior Fund Manager of the JOHCM Asia ex Japan Small and Mid Cap Strategy. Prior to joining JOHCM, Cho-Yu was a Portfolio Manager at Silver Metis Capital Management Pte Ltd. She previously worked at Lloyd George Management from 2001 to 2008 as a Portfolio Manager, where she managed the Lloyd George Asian Smaller Companies Fund, the Siam Recovery Fund and several institutional accounts valued at over US$1bn at the peak. She also worked at UBS and DBS Asset Management for approximately eight years. Cho-Yu is a CFA Charterholder and graduated from the London School of Economics with first class BSc (Hons) in Economics.

Dalibor Kovac

Analyst

9 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Aug 2017.

Dalibor is an Analyst for the JOHCM Global Emerging Markets Strategy. He supports Emery Brewer and Dr Ivo Kovachev (Senior Fund Managers for the Strategy). Prior to joining JOHCM, he was an Equity Analyst at Verdi Capital, focusing on energy and automotive companies. Dalibor holds a Masters in Finance and Investments from the Rotterdam School of Management and a Bachelors Degree in Finance from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. He is fluent in English, Slovak and Czech.  

Dr Ivo Kovachev

Senior Fund Manager

30 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Mar 2010.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Ivo was Chief Investment Officer at Kinsale Capital Management. Before this role, he served as a fund manager at Driehaus Capital Management. Ivo holds a MEng in Management Information Systems from the Prague School of Economics, MSc in Technology and Innovation Management from the University of Sussex and a PhD in Industrial and Development Policy. Ivo is also a Fulbright Scholar, having attended the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona (USA).

Robert Lancastle

Senior Fund Manager

16 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Feb 2012.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Robert worked for Orbis Investment Advisory as an equity analyst for the Orbis Global Equity Strategy, focused on the retail, media, technology, oil & gas and insurance sectors. Previously, Robert worked as a Maths and Physics Teacher at Wellington College. Robert holds a BEng and MEng from Cambridge University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Bertrand Lecourt

Senior Fund Manager

24 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2021.

Bertrand leads the Thematic Investing strategy at Regnan. He is Senior Fund Manager on the Regnan Sustainable Water and Waste strategy. Previously he was a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity International, where he launched and managed the Fidelity Funds - Sustainable Water & Waste Fund. Prior to joining Fidelity International in 2018 Bertrand was a Portfolio Manager at Polar Capital and the founder and CIO of Aquilys Investment Management. Before moving to the buyside, Bertrand was Head of Equity Research, France at Deutsche Bank and a utilities analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Goldman Sachs. He holds an MSc in International Finance from HEC School of Management, France, an MSc in Money, Banking and Finance from Birmingham University, UK, and a DEA in Monetary Economics from Orleans University, France.

Christopher Lees

Senior Fund Manager

35 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Sep 2008.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Christopher spent more than 19 years at Baring Asset Management, latterly as Head of the firm’s Global Sector team. Prior to 2002, he held positions as Senior Portfolio Manager (US Equity team) in Boston and as an Analyst in the UK Stock Selection as well as in the firm’s Global Asset Allocation team. Christopher is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BSc (Hons) in Geography from University of London.

Stephen Lew

Senior Fund Manager

25 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Sep 2013.

Stephen is a Fund Manager on the JOHCM Emerging Markets Small Cap Strategy. He has over 15 years’ experience in Emerging Markets equity fund management. Prior to Joining JOHCM, Stephen was a Senior Portfolio Manager for Artio Global Investors. At Artio, he was responsible for managing the Asia ex-Japan sleeve of Artio International Equity Fund, Artio International Equity Fund II and separately managed accounts. From 2005 to 2010, Stephen was the Senior Asia ex-Japan Analyst at Janus Capital Group. Between 1999 and 2005 he worked at Driehaus Capital Management along-side the JOHCM Emerging Markets team of Emery Brewer and Ivo Kovachev - as the Asia ex-Japan Analyst. Stephen has a BA in Business Economics and Japanese from the University of California, an MBA with concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and is a CFA Charterholder. He is a native Mandarin and conversational Japanese speaker. 

Ben Leyland

Senior Fund Manager

23 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2006.

Ben has been with JOHCM since April 2006, when he joined to work with John Wood on the UK Opportunities Strategy, latterly as a Fund Manager. He was previously at Schroder Investment Management as a Financial Analyst in their Pan-European equity research department. Ben is a CFA Charterholder and holds a MA (Hons) in History from the University of Cambridge. He was voted one of Financial News's '40 under 40' Rising Stars in Asset Management, 2015.

James Lowen

Senior Fund Manager

30 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Sep 2004.

James co-manages the JOHCM UK Equity Income Fund, alongside Clive Beagles. James is a qualified Chartered Accountant and joined Newton Investment Management in 1998 as a member of their Research Department. James holds a first class degree in Economics from the University of Exeter and is an associate member of the Institute of Investment Management and Research.

Justin MacGregor

Senior Analyst

18 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Mar 2015.

Justin is a Senior Analyst for the JOHCM Continental European Fund, supporting Paul Wild (Senior Fund Manager) since August 2021. He previously worked on the JOHCM International Small Cap Equity Fund. Prior to joining JOHCM, Justin worked for Tau Investment Management as an Investment Analyst, with a focus on the textile and apparel, real estate, education and food sectors. Previously, Justin worked at DS & RS Associates and Midas Management Corporation. At these companies, he was a generalist Analyst using a fundamental investment approach. Justin holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and has passed CFA Level II.

Tom Matthews

Portfolio Manager

19 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Nov 2013.

Tom is a Portfolio Manager of the JOHCM UK Dynamic strategy. Previously, he was Senior Manager of the Sustainable Investment's team having co-founded the team at the beginning of 2022. Formerly, he was Senior Analyst on the JOHCM UK Dynamic Fund for eight years where he was responsible for designing the Fund’s integrated approach to ESG and sustainability. Tom completed a postgraduate certificate in Sustainable Leadership at the University of Cambridge, is a qualified accountant, and has an MA in Economics and Management from University of Oxford.

Samir Mehta

Senior Fund Manager

34 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in May 2011.

Prior to joining JOHCM, he was a Partner and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at a firm specialising in Asian equities – Silver Metis Capital Management Pte Ltd. Samir was previously at Lloyd George Management where he worked as CIO. Prior to joining LGM, he worked at Peregrine Securities and ANZ Grindlays Bank for close to eight years as an Analyst specialising in India. Samir is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BCom from Bombay University.

Jasmeet Munday

Analyst

13 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Aug 2016.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Jasmeet worked as an Equity Research Analyst for Fidelity International Limited, focusing on European Large Cap Industrials and European Insurance sectors. Prior to joining Fidelity, Jasmeet worked at Ernst & Young within the Transaction Advisory Services team. From 2007 to 2010, Jasmeet was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Jasmeet is a CFA charterholder and holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Bristol and is an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA). 

Andrew Parry

Head of Investments

39 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Feb 2022.

Andrew is the Head of Investments at J O Hambro Capital Management and Regnan. He is responsible for the oversight of the investment functions within these businesses, he also sits on the executive committee. Andrew is a highly respected investment expert with over 30 years’ experience. He has held senior roles at a number of leading asset management companies including Lazard, Barings and Hermes and was most recently, prior to joining J O Hambro, the Head of Sustainable Investment at Newton Investment Management. He is a member of a number of investment bodies, he sits on the CFA UK Society Committee on Diversity and Inclusion and is a Trustee Director of the Trafalgar House Pension Trust.  He was a former co-chair of the UNEP FI Positive Impact Initiative and an active contributor to the Impact Management Project. 

Eoghan Reid

Analyst

9 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Sep 2021.

Eoghan is an Analyst on the JOHCM UK Opportunities Fund. Prior to joining JOHCM, he served as an Equity Research Analyst at Berenberg and was responsible for covering UK businesses and support services stocks. Before that, Eoghan was an Equity Research Analyst within the Transport and Logistic team at Davy. Eoghan holds a degree in Business and Economics from Trinity College Dublin and has passed level II of the CFA program.
 

Rachel Reutter

Senior Fund Manager

18 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Sep 2012.

Rachel co-manages the JOHCM UK Opportunities Fund alongside Michael Ulrich. Rachel has been working on the UK Opportunities strategy since she joined JOHCM in 2012. Prior to joining JOHCM, Rachel worked for Goldman Sachs where she was a Lead Sector Analyst in the Global Investment Research Division. Before that she worked as an Analyst at Stifel and in Global Banking and Markets at RBS. Rachel holds an MA in Geography from The University of Oxford and is a CFA Charterholder. 

Nudgem Richyal

Senior Fund Manager

25 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Jun 2008.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Nudgem was an Investment Director within the Global Equity Group of Baring Asset Management (working closely with Christopher since July 2001) and Investment Manager of one of the largest Latin American funds in London. He previously worked at Hill Samuel Asset Management in London. Nudgem is a CFA Charterholder and holds a first class BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Manchester.

Ladislav Sabo

Senior Analyst

14 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Jul 2016.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Ladislav worked at the Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation as a Risk Manager, having joined the company as a Risk Analyst in September 2010. Ladislav is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Management and a Master’s in Accounting and Corporate Finance from the University of Economics, Prague.

Saurabh Sharma

Fund Manager

14 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2021.

Saurabh is part of the Thematic Investing strategy at Regnan. He is a Fund Manager on the Regnan Sustainable Water and Waste strategy. Previously, he was an Assistant Portfolio Manager on the Fidelity Sustainable Water & Waste strategy and an Investment Director in Fidelity’s equity team. Prior to joining Fidelity in 2014, he worked as an equity research analyst for Moody’s Analytics (erst Copal Amba) from 2011 to 2014 and for Global Data from 2010 to 2011. He has an MBA in Finance from IBS, Hyderabad, India, and holds a CFA (ICFAI) degree. In addition, he is a CFA and CAIA charter holder.

James Syme

Senior Fund Manager

30 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in May 2011.

Prior to joining JOHCM, James spent five years at Baring Asset Management (Baring) as the Head of Global Emerging Market Equities. James previously worked at SG Asset Management for seven years as a Portfolio Manager and as Head of Global Emerging Markets. Prior to 1997, James was a Portfolio Manager at Henderson Investors and an Analyst at H Clarkson. James is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Cambridge.

Michael Ulrich

Senior Fund Manager

28 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Aug 2015.

Michael co-manages the JOHCM UK Opportunities Fund alongside Rachel Reutter. Michael has been working on the UK Opportunities strategy since he joined JOHCM in 2015. Prior to joining JOHCM, Michael spent nine years at F&C where he built a strong track record as lead manager on a number of concentrated UK Equity portfolios. Before that he worked as an analyst and fund manager at Deutsche Asset Management. Michael holds an BA in Law and Politics and is a CFA Charterholder. 

Paul Wild

Senior Fund Manager

27 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Mar 2003.

Paul is Senior Fund Manager of the JOHCM Continental European Fund. Paul’s previous industry experience includes serving as a Pan-European Fund Manager at Sanwa Asset Management and a fund management role at Newton Investment Management. He began his career at Barclays Capital within their Capital Markets division. Paul is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Lancaster.

Paul Wimborne

Senior Fund Manager

26 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Apr 2011.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Paul spent over four years at Baring Asset Management as an Investment Manager in the Global Emerging Markets team. He previously worked at Insight Investment as a Fund Manager in the Emerging Markets & Asia team and for five years in the Emerging Markets team at Rothschild Asset Management. Paul holds a BSc (Hons) in Management and Chemical Sciences from UMIST and is an affiliate member of the CFA.

Robrecht Wouters

Senior Fund Manager

34 years' industry experience, joined JOHCM in Sep 2003.

Prior to joining JOHCM, Robrecht worked as an Investment Analyst at Lansdowne Partners. He also worked as a Sell-Side Analyst, focusing on European media and then global software. He started his career as an Equity Analyst in Belgium and moved to London to join the Dutch Equity Research team at Smith New Court Europe (now Merrill Lynch). Robrecht holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Economics from the University of Leuven in Belgium.