London 16 April 2008 – Fidelity MultiManager has appointed Ayesha Akbar as a Portfolio Manager, Asian and Emerging Markets equities. Ayesha will join in June 2008, reporting to Geraldine Stewart, Head of Investment – MultiManager.
Working in the growing, London-based
Fidelity MultiManager investment team, Ayesha will focus on manager research, analysis and selection for the Asian and Emerging Markets within the MultiManager product range.
Ayesha brings nine years of multi-manager investment experience to the role. She joins from Barclays Wealth, where she held primary responsibility for Asia and emerging market manager research and selection. Prior to that she worked in the multi-manager team at Barclays Private Clients.
Ayesha joins the Fidelity MultiManager investment team which is currently 12 strong – her recruitment, together with a number of other investment professionals, will bring the investment team to up to 16 by August 2008.
Geraldine Stewart says: “I am delighted at Ayesha’s appointment – this is a significant milestone for Fidelity MultiManager as we continue to build our investment team. She has extensive investment experience across numerous asset classes, with proven strengths in researching Asian and Emerging Markets managers.”
FIL Limited (“FIL”) and its subsidiary companies serve the major markets of the world by providing investment products and services to individuals and institutional investors outside the US. FIL Limited manages a total of £150.9 billion of assets*.
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* Source: Fidelity as at 31.12.07
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