UK Equities Team
Anthony Nutt - Head, Income and UK Equities Teams
Director, Jupiter Main Board and Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Anthony Nutt joined Jupiter in 1996 and has managed Jupiter's largest unit trust, the Jupiter Income Trust, since May 2000. Anthony also manages the Jupiter High Income Trust Fund (Unit Trust), the equity portion of the Jupiter Distribution Fund, the Jupiter Dividend and Growth Income Trust Plc and Jupiter Second Enhanced Income Trust Plc as well as one specialist UK Equity mandate. He has run institutional investment funds since 1983 and was responsible for managing one of the largest UK unit trusts on behalf of a UK clearing bank.Prior to joining Jupiter, Anthony was a director of the asset management division of a leading merchant bank, responsible for leading investment trusts as well as the management of specialist and balanced pension funds on behalf of key UK and overseas clients. Anthony studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Open University.
Edward Bonham Carter - Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Group Chief Executive, Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited
Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Edward Bonham Carter joined Jupiter in 1994. He holds positions including Group Chief Executive of Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited as well as Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Edward has managed the Jupiter Undervalued Assets Fund (Unit Trust) since January 2001, prior to which he managed the Jupiter UK Growth Fund (from January 1995). Edward started his career in the early 1980s at Schroder Investment Management analysing UK and US equities. In 1986, he joined Electra Investment where he successfully managed quoted portfolio accounting for some 30% of the trust's assets. In 1994 he joined Jupiter with a brief to manage high performance funds invested in the UK stock market. Edward studied Economics and Politics at Manchester University.
Richard Curling- Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Richard Curling joined Jupiter in 2006 and manages the Jupiter UK Smaller Companies Fund (Unit Trust), the Primadona Growth Investment Trust and an institutional mandate. Prior to joining Jupiter, Richard worked for Morgan Grenfell as Manager of the UK pensions and Income Funds before moving to Deutsche Bank where he was appointed Managing Director and Head of Small Cap. In this position, which he held for more than ten years, Richard was responsible for managing the UK and European Small Cap team and running Small Cap equity mandates. Between 1996 and 2003, he was also Head of Global Small Cap and responsible for the Global/EAFE Small Cap product. Richard has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Edinburgh University and is an Associate of the Society of Investment Analysts.
Philip Gibbs - Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Philip Gibbs joined Jupiter in 1997 and has managed the Jupiter Financial Opportunities Fund (Unit Trust) since its launch in May of that year. He also manages the Jupiter Hyde Park Hedge Fund plc, and the Jupiter Second Split Trust plc, as well as one UK equity mandate and one specialist mandate. He is co-manager of the Jupiter Global Financials SICAV. Philip has had extensive experience as a stockbroking analyst specialising in equities of UK financial companies, having worked in relevant roles between 1983 and 1997 for both BZW and Laing and Cruickshank. Philip studied History at Cambridge University and is a Chartered Accountant.
Philip Matthews - Fund Manager, Income and UK Equities Teams
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Philip Matthews joined Jupiter in 1999 as an Assistant Fund Manager on the Jupiter Income Fund and the Jupiter Global Technology Fund. He currently manages the Jupiter Growth & Income Fund (Unit Trust). He is a Director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Prior to joining Jupiter, Philip worked at Chesterton plc in the Residential Investment and Development Department. Philip studied at Cambridge University where he obtained a BA (Hons) in Modern & Medieval Languages (Italian & German).
Ian McVeigh - Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Ian McVeigh joined Jupiter in 2003. He manages the Jupiter UK Growth Fund (Unit Trust), Jupiter Ganymede Hedge Fund, and institutional money. Ian was previously at Schroder Investment Management, during which time he managed the Schroder Income Fund, Schroder Split Investment and Trust, as well as the Schroder Income Growth Investment Trust. Prior to joining Jupiter, Ian worked for Parkway Capital where he was appointed Joint Chief Investment Officer. He studied Modern History at Merton College, Oxford and has completed the Stock Exchange Exams.
Robert Mumby - Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Robert Mumby joined Jupiter in 2006 and is currently Co-Manager of Jupiter Global Financials Fund (SICAV). Robert started his career in corporate finance at the Industrial Bank of Japan before moving to KPMG where he worked in audits, tax and corporate finance. Prior to joining Jupiter, Robert worked for twelve years as an investment analyst specialising in financial services companies, most recently Canaccord Capital, but also HSBC, ABN and BZW/CSFB. Robert has a BSc Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester and is ACA qualified.
Laurie Petar - Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Laurie Petar joined Jupiter in 1999 and is currently manager of the Jupiter Fund of Investment Trusts (Unit Trust) and Jupiter Monthly Income Fund (Unit Trust), as well as a director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Laurie is a specialist Investment Trust Manager with more than 30 years investment experience. Prior to joining Jupiter, he was a consultant to HSBC Securities, an Executive Director at UBS Securities and a partner at Gilbert Eliott and Co. Laurie is also a member of the Securities Institute.
Derek Pound - Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Derek Pound joined Jupiter in 1995 as a Fund Manager within the UK Equities Team where he currently manages the UK and Resources portions of the Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust). Prior to joining Jupiter, Derek was an Assistant Fund Manager at WF Investment Management. He studied Economics at Westminster University and is ASIP qualified.
Paul Sheehan - Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Paul Sheehan joined Jupiter in 2001 and is manager of three specialist UK Equity mandates. Paul started his career at Newton Investment Management as a Fund Manager and Analyst for UK Equities before moving to Friends Provident Life Office. Prior to joining Jupiter, Paul was a Director and Fund Manager at Dresdner RCM. He studied Economics at Manchester University.
Chris Watt - Fund Manager, Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) & UK Equities Teams
Chris Watt joined Jupiter in 1999 as a Client Services Executive and became an Assistant Fund Manager in 2000. He is currently Manager of the Jupiter Environmental Income Fund (Unit Trust) and Deputy Fund Manager of Jupiter UK Alpha Fund (Unit Trust). For most of his career at Jupiter, Chris has worked as an Assistant Fund Manager on the UK equity desk. In August 2006 he extended these responsibilities to include Socially Responsible Investment. Chris has a BSc Geography and an MSc Cert in Investment & Finance, both from Aberdeen University.
Ben Whitmore- Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Ben Whitmore joined Jupiter in October 2006 to manage the Jupiter UK Special Situations Fund (Unit Trust) and Jupiter UK Alpha "Best Ideas" Fund (Unit Trust). Prior to joining Jupiter, Ben worked at Schroders managing both retail and institutional portfolios and some £2bn of assets - including the £281m Schroder Recovery Fund - establishing an excellent track record as a value-driven, contrarian fund manager. Ben studied Geography at St John's College, Cambridge University.
Steve Davies - Deputy Fund Manager, UK Equities Team
Steve Davies joined Jupiter in 2007 as a member of the UK Equities Team responsible for supporting the management of the Jupiter UK Growth Fund. Steve worked as a Retail Analyst and Senior Retail Analyst respectively for Retail Intelligence before moving to PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was appointed Assistant Director of the Retail and Branded Goods team. Prior to joining Jupiter, Steve was head of the retail research team at Numis Securities. Steve studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.
Alastair Gunn - Analyst, UK Equities Team
Alastair Gunn joined Jupiter in 2007 as an analyst for the UK Equities Team specialising in the Transport and Property sectors. Alastair worked as a Managing Director for Bear Stearns International in Equity Research before moving on to become a Director of Equity Research at Arbuthnot Securities in 2003. Alastair is a registered representative of the London Stock Exchange.
European Equities Team
Alex Darwall - Head, European Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Alex Darwall joined Jupiter in 1995. He is a Director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited and heads up the Jupiter European Team while also managing the Jupiter European Fund (Unit Trust), the Jupiter European Opportunities Trust, the Jupiter European Growth Fund (SICAV), and one specialist European Equity mandate. Alex originally joined Jupiter to run the European portion of a number of segregated pension fund accounts, subsequently taking responsibility for other accounts including County Council pension funds (European portion). In 1999, he assumed management of the Jupiter European Investment Trust and subsequently the rollover vehicle, the Jupiter European Opportunities Trust (Investment Trust), which launched in November 2000. Alex trained as an investment analyst with de Zoete & Bevan (BZW) before moving to Enskilda Securities in Paris in 1987, where he became head of French equity research. He joined Goldman Sachs in London in 1992, where he worked as a French equity analyst prior to moving to Jupiter. Alex studied History at Cambridge University.
Elena Shaftan - Head, Emerging European Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Elena Shaftan joined Jupiter in 2000 and has been successfully managing the Cominvest European Emerging Market Equity Fund since September of that year. Before joining Jupiter, Elena managed Eastern European equities at AIB Govett Asset Management for six years. In addition to the Cominvest Fund, Elena has run the following funds since their respective launches - Jupiter Emerging European Opportunities (Unit Trust) - September 2002, Jupiter Emerging Europe Select (SICAV) - November 2006 and Jupiter New Europe (SICAV) - November 2007.
Cédric de Fonclare - Fund Manager, European Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Cédric de Fonclare joined Jupiter in 1999 and has managed the Jupiter European Special Situations Fund (Unit Trust) since July 2005. He manages the Jupiter European Opportunities (SICAV), the CCR Centrale Croissance Europe and the Continental European component of Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust) - as well as institutional monies. Cédric studied International Business Administration at Sorbonne University.
Ingrid Kukuljan - Fund Manager, Emerging European Equities Team
Ingrid Kukuljan joined Jupiter in 2004 and currently works as co-manager (with Elena Shaftan) of the Jupiter Emerging European Opportunities Fund (Unit Trust), Jupiter Emerging Europe Select Fund (SICAV), Jupiter New Europe Fund (SICAV) and Cominvest European Emerging Markets Equity Fund. She also independently manages the Eastern European component of the Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust). Prior to joining Jupiter, Ingrid was Director of Investor Relations of Pliva, one of Eastern Europe's largest pharmaceutical companies and one of the top ten global generic companies. She also worked at Lazard Capital Markets for six years. Ingrid studied Italian and Business Studies at the University College, London.
Malcolm Millar - Fund Manager, European Equities Team
Malcolm Millar joined Jupiter in 2002, and manages the Jupiter European Income Fund (Unit Trust). He has managed Pan-European funds since May 2003. Malcolm qualified as a Chartered Accountant in PricewaterhouseCoopers' middle market division before working on PwC's Public Company Corporate Finance Advisory Team. He also holds the Securities Institute Diploma and a BA from Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Stephen Pearson - Fund Manager, European Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Stephen Pearson joined Jupiter in 2001 and is currently manager of the Jupiter Europa Hedge Fund. He has more than 15 years' European investment experience and prior to joining Jupiter, held positions at both Sloane Robinson and GT Management. Stephen holds the Securities Institute Diploma and studied Classics at Oxford University.
Michael Buhl-Nielsen - Member, European Equities Team
Analyst, European Hedge Funds
Michael Buhl-Nielsen joined Jupiter in December 2006 as a European Hedge Fund Analyst providing analytical and fund management support to Stephen Pearson on the Jupiter Europa Hedge Fund. Prior to this he worked at Centaurus Capital and Credit Suisse as a special situations analyst. He has also held positions structuring and trading derivatives at Daiwa Securities, SMBC Europe and Lehman Brothers International. Michael studied Mathematics at the Imperial College, London and is qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level I and II.
Greg Herbert - Analyst, European Equities Team
Greg joined Jupiter in April 2005 as a senior investment writer (latterly Investment Communications Manager) before joining our European Equities Team as an analyst in October 2007. Prior to this, Greg worked in various related roles including senior portfolio analyst for State Street Global Advisors, head of the UK desk for Standard & Poors and as an investment correspondent for both Globalnet Financial and Bridge Information Systems. Greg studied an MSc in Investment Management at Cass Business School, City University, an MSc in International Relations (Econ) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Modern Languages BA (Hons) in French and Italian at the University of Bristol.
Simon Borgi - Analyst, European Equities Team
Simon Borgi joined Jupiter in 2008 as an analyst for the European Equities Team. Prior to this, Simon worked as an Equity Research Associate for Morgan Stanley (London, UK), Senior Auditor at Sun Chemical (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Financial Controller for Arplay Group (Sens, France), Experienced Audit Associate at Ernst & Young (Paris, France) and as an Audit Associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers (Beirut, Lebanon). He has an Undergraduate Diploma in Computing from Oxford University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University School of Management, USA.
Colin Croft - Member, Emerging European Equities Team
Analyst, Emerging European Equities Team
Colin Croft joined Jupiter in August 2006 as an Emerging European Analyst. Prior to this, he completed an Executive MBA at the London Business School.
Global Team
Philip Ehrmann - Joint Head, Far Eastern Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Philip Ehrmann joined Jupiter in October 2006 and launched the Jupiter China Fund (Unit Trust) during the same month, while also managing the Jupiter Asian Fund (Unit Trust). Philip also manages the Jupiter Asia Pacific Hedge Fund, launched in April 2007. He is a Director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Philip started his career in 1981 in institutional equity sales, focusing on US West Coast growth companies, before moving to INVESCO in 1984, as a portfolio manager specialising in North American equities. In 1990, Philip was appointed a partner and Head of the Emerging Markets desk. In 1995, he moved to Gartmore as Head of Global Emerging Markets before being appointed head of Pacific and Emerging Markets. In 2000, he was named Fund Manager of the Year, Emerging Markets, by Investment Week. Philip studied Economics at the London School of Economics.
Simon Somerville - oint Head, Far Eastern Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Simon Somerville joined Jupiter in 2005 as joint head of the Far Eastern Equity Team and is responsible for managing the Jupiter Japan Income Fund (Unit Trust), which he has managed since its launch in September 2005, as well as the Japanese component of the Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust) and Global Technology Fund (Unit Trust). He is a director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Simon previously worked for Cazenove Fund Management as Head of Global and Japan Equities. He studied at Durham University where he gained a degree in Economics.
Ben Surtees - Fund Manager, Far Eastern Equities
Ben Surtees joined Jupiter in 1999 as a member of the sales and marketing department and joined the Far East Desk the following year. He is currently a Fund Manager of the Far Eastern Equities Team responsible for the Jupiter Global Fund Asia Pacific Fund (SICAV), as well as the Far Eastern portion of the Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Jersey Feeder) and Jupiter Global Technology Fund (Unit Trust). Ben studied Politics at the University of East Anglia.
Avinash Vazirani - Head, South Asia Equities Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Avinash Vazirani joined Jupiter in 2007 as head of the South Asia Equities Team. He manages the Jupiter India Fund, Jupiter India Fund (SICAV) (which acquired the assets of the Peninsular South Asia Access Fund, which he ran from launch in July 1995), the Jupiter Peninsular Alpha Fund (India long/short). Prior to joining Jupiter, Avinash was CIO (South Asia and Africa) of BNP Paribas Asset Management before he left to found Peninsular Capital Partners LLP in 2005, where he acted as Managing Partner. He was the CEO of GEM Dolphin Investment Managers from 1994 until its sale in 1997. Avinash is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA 1986).
Joanna Lee - Member, South Asia Equities Team
Senior Operational Analyst
Joanna Lee joined Jupiter in 2007 as a Senior Operational Analyst of the South Asia Equities Team responsible for middle office support. Before joining Jupiter, Joanna was Financial Controller at Maroon Capital Group Ltd and Head of Operations at Peninsular Capital Partners LLP. Prior to this, she was the head of accounting and administration for Wickam Capital Limited (Hedge Fund) and worked for more than 10 years as a Financial Controller for Asian Equities at ABN AMRO Bank NV. Joanna has a BA (Hons) Business Studies from the University of Westminster and is a Fellow of Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA).
Amelie Thevenet- Analyst, South Asia Equities Team
Amelie joined Jupiter in 2007 as an analyst for the South Asia Equities Team. Prior to this, she was a junior analyst at Peninsular Capital Partners LLP. Amelie has an MSc in Management from EM Lyon Business School.
Rupert Corfield - Fund Manager
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited and Fund Management Operations Manager, institutional money
Rupert Corfield joined Jupiter in 1996. He is currently director of Fund Management Operations and has responsibility for managing institutional money. Rupert is a director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. He was an officer in the British Army before joining Grace Family, New York as a Trainee Fund Manager in 1992. Prior to joining Jupiter, Rupert was a Fund Manager at Second United Securities.
Sebastian Radcliffe - Fund Manager, US Equities
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Sebastian Radcliffe joined Jupiter in 1997 and currently manages the Global Technology Fund (Unit Trust), the North American Income Fund (Unit Trust) and the North American component of the Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust). Prior to his appointment as a Fund Manager, Sebastian worked on the US equity desk where he assisted the head of US equities, while focusing on research of the US technology market. He is a director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Sebastian obtained the equivalent of an MA from Ecole Superieur de Commerce de Rennes.
Jupiter Independent Funds Team
John Chatfeild-Roberts -Head of the Jupiter Independent Funds Team
Director, Jupiter Main Board and Jupiter Asset Management Limited
John was educated at Cheltenham College, Durham University (Economics) and the RMA Sandhurst. After a career in the Army, John started his fund management career at Henderson's (1990 - 1995), latterly as head of the fund of funds unit. This was followed by a move to Lazard Asset Management to set up their successful Multi Manager Team from scratch. He joined Jupiter in March 2001 to start and lead the team running the award-winning Jupiter Merlin Portfolios. John also took over as lead manager of the Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust) in November 2001 and he also manages Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Jersey Feeder). John jointly manages the market-leading Jupiter Merlin Portfolios with Peter Lawery and Algy Smith-Maxwell, who both came with him from Lazard. John is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and joined the Main Board of Jupiter in 2005.
Peter Lawery - Fund Manager, Jupiter Independent Funds (JIF) Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited Peter Lawery joined Jupiter in 2001 to jointly run the Jupiter Merlin Funds of Funds range with John Chatfeild-Roberts and Algy Smith-Maxwell. He is currently a Fund Manager of the Jupiter Independent Funds Team and a Director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Peter started his career in 1990 working for Hill Samuel Investment. He moved to Lazard Asset Management in 1992 and became a Fund Manager in 1996. Peter is qualified by the Institute of Investment Management and Research (IIMR) (now the UK Society of Investment Professionals).
Algy Smith-Maxwell - Fund Manager, Jupiter Independent Funds (JIF) Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Algy Smith-Maxwell joined Jupiter in 2001 to jointly run the Jupiter Merlin Funds of Funds range with John Chatfeild-Roberts and Peter Lawery. He is currently a Fund Manager of the Jupiter Independent Funds Team and a Director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. Algy has extensive experience specialising in multi-manager funds. He started his career in 1995 as a Fund Analyst for Henderson's and then became a Fund Manager for Lazard in 1999. Algy is qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
SRI & Governance Team
Emma Howard Boyd, Head of Socially Responsible Investment and Governance, Director at Jupiter Asset Management
Emma joined Jupiter in 1994 and has overall responsibility for the management and development of Jupiter's SRI business. She is also responsible for building Jupiter's corporate governance and engagement services for institutional clients and Jupiter's UK retail funds.
Emma was appointed to the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance in 2006 and is a director of the Triodos Renewable Energy Fund. She is also a guest faculty member of The Prince of Wales's Business and the Environment Programme.
Emma was Chair of the UK Social Investment Forum until March 2006, when she retired from the board after eight years' service. She was founding Chair of Eurosif, the European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum, from its launch until the end of 2002. Prior to working at Jupiter, Emma specialised in corporate finance at Hill Samuel and Banque Nationale de Paris. She has also worked as a researcher and campaigner for various non-governmental organizations.
Charlie Thomas -Fund Manager, SRI & Governance Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Charlie Thomas joined the Jupiter SRI Team in 2000 and, since September 2003, he has been the lead fund manager of both Jupiter Green Investment Trust and the Jupiter Ecology Fund. Charlie also manages the Climate Change Solutions (SICAV). Charlie is also responsible for the management of a number of segregated mandates for Jupiter's institutional clients.
Prior to Jupiter, Charlie spent three years working for BP. Firstly as an Environmental Policy Adviser where he was instrumental in developing climate change strategies and policies for the group and later worked on new business development as a Commercial Analyst. Charlie has also worked for the United Nations Environment Programme as well as other financial institutions. Charlie has a BSc from Nottingham University and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London.
Chris Watt - Fund Manager, SRI & Governance Team
Chris Watt was appointed fund manager of the Jupiter Environmental Income Fund with effect from 1 January 2007. Chris joined Jupiter in 1999 as a Client Services Executive and became an Assistant Fund Manager in 2000. For most of his career at Jupiter, Chris has worked as an assistant fund manager on the UK equity desk. In August 2006 he extended these responsibilities to include Socially Responsible Investment.
Chris is also deputy fund manager of the Jupiter UK Alpha Fund. As a team based best ideas fund, this means that he works closely with the key fund managers on the UK equity desk.
Chris recently attended The Prince of Wales's Business and the Environment Programme. He has a BSc in Geography from Aberdeen University and an MSc Cert in Investment & Finance also from Aberdeen University.
Abbie Llewellyn-Waters - Equities Analyst, SRI & Governance Team
Abbie joined the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and Governance Team in 2007 as an Equities Analyst for Global Green Equities. Prior to this, Abbie held roles as a Request for Proposals (RFP) Executive within Jupiter's marketing department and a marketing executive at Simmons and Simmons. She has BA (Hons) Classics from the University College, London.
Edmund Blamey - Research Manager, SRI & Governance Team
Edmund Blamey joined Jupiter in 2008 as Research Manager within the SRI & Governance Team. He is responsible for managing the Green and Socially Responsible Investment research function, working with the other research analysts in the team to support Jupiter's fund managers and its business development activities.
Edmund has 12 years experience working in the field of sustainability, most recently at Interface Inc, where he worked as European Sustainability Director for four years. Before that he worked as UK Environmental Affairs Manager at Toyota (GB) for five years. Prior to this he held various environmental related posts in academic and scientific research institutes in addition to carrying out freelance consultancy work.
Edmund has an MSc in Sustainability, Planning & Environmental Policy from Cardiff University and a Joint Honours BSc in Geography & Environmental Biology from St Andrews University.
Jenny Strattan - SRI Analyst, SRI & Governance Team
As an analyst within the SRI & Governance Team, Jenny undertakes the strategic analysis of companies' corporate environmental and social performance. In particular, she focuses on companies which fall under the clean energy and water management investment themes. In this role she reviews their corporate environmental and social performance with a particular focus on examining the environmental benefits and solutions that the business activities of these companies can provide
Prior to joining Jupiter in 2006, Jenny worked with the SRI Teams at Citigroup, Henderson Global Investors and RCM. In these roles she was responsible for generating company profiles and conducting thematic research. Jenny holds a BA in Economics and Economic History from the University of Leicester and an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, where she specialised in Business and the Environment, achieving a distinction.
Cynthia Pinniger - Corporate Governance Analyst, SRI & Governance Team
Cynthia is responsible for implementing Jupiter's UK Corporate Governance and Voting Policy across all of Jupiter's institutional and retail funds. Cynthia undertakes corporate governance engagement with companies and co-ordinates Jupiter's responses to Governmental and industry consultations and reviews. Prior to taking on this role, Cynthia was an administrator to several large institutional clients before undertaking the additional role of introducing corporate governance voting for institutional pension funds in 1998.
Ashish Ray - Corporate Governance Analyst
Ashish's role is to assist the Corporate Governance Team in implementing Jupiter's UK corporate governance voting and engagement policy for institutional and retail funds.
Prior to joining Jupiter in August 2007, Ashish was a Corporate Governance Analyst at Fidelity International Ltd (FIL) assisting the Corporate Governance Group in applying FIL's voting policy across its US, UK, HK, Japanese and Indian holdings. Before this, he was a Research Analyst for Manifest Information Services Ltd responsible for conducting corporate governance research for institutional clients. Ashish holds an MSc Accounting & Finance from the University of Birmingham, and a BSc Economics from Queen Mary, University of London.
Fixed Interest Team
John Hamilton - Head, Fixed Interest Team
Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
John Hamilton joined Jupiter in 1991. He has managed the Jupiter Corporate Bond Fund (Unit Trust) since its launch in May 1998 and co-managed the Jupiter Distribution Fund (Unit Trust) with Anthony Nutt since its launch in March 2002. John is a Director of Jupiter Asset Management Limited and Head of the Fixed Interest Department at Jupiter. He has 28 years experience specialising in fixed interest investment having begun his career in 1979 in the Gilt Department of stockbrokers Laurie Milbank and Co. In 1981 he moved to the London Life Association where he later became Fixed Interest Manager. Six years later (and four years prior to it being acquired by Jupiter) he moved to Tyndall Investment Management Limited as Fixed Interest Director. John studied Mathematics at London University.
Ariel Bezalel - Fund Manager, Fixed Interest Team
Ariel Bezalel joined Jupiter in 1998 as a member of the Fixed Interest team and currently manages the Jupiter Strategic Bond Fund as well as the fixed interest component of the Jupiter Monthly Income Fund (Unit Trust), Jupiter High Income Fund (Unit Trust) and Jupiter Global Managed Fund (Unit Trust). Ariel has a BA (Hons) in Economics.
Rhys Petheram - Member, Fixed Interest Team and UK Equities Team
Rhys Petheram joined Jupiter in 2006 as a credit analyst and UK equity research for the Fixed Interest and UK Equities Teams. Prior to joining Jupiter, Rhys was an Analyst at Towers Perrin Australia and a Credit Analyst for Utilities at Moody's Investor Services. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Finance and a Diploma in Modern Languages (Indonesian), both from the University of Melbourne, as well as the Investment Management Certificate and Chartered Financial Analyst qualifications.