Director of Equities
Andrew was appointed Director of Equities in August 2010. In this role, Andrew has overall responsibility for the investment philosophy and process, as well as directing the UK equities, International equities and Dealing & Derivatives teams.
From September 2009 to August 2010 Andrew was the Director of Investment Solutions. He was responsible for the provision of investment solutions to SWIP's insurance and wealth clients and had ultimate responsibility for the global strategy, multi-manager, quantitative, balanced funds, financial solutions and private equity teams.
From 2003 until 2009, Andrew was chief investment officer for fixed income, property and asset allocation whilst from 2000 to 2003 was head of global strategy and institutional funds at SWIP.
Andrew joined Hill Samuel Asset Management in 1996. (HSAM later became SWIP following the merger with Scottish Widows Investment Management in June 2000.) He joined as a fund manager working with far east equities and international funds. He helped set up the global strategy team at the end of 1997 where he was responsible for co-ordinating global sector views and managing global funds.
Prior to this, Andrew worked for Confederation Life as a Far East & Latin America fund manager, and for Lazard Brothers as an emerging markets fund manager.
Andrew holds a BA (Hons) in Chinese and Economics from the University of Leeds and an MSc in Applied Economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is an associate member of the Institute of Investment Management & Research.
