Ninety One Funds Series ii - Global Strategic Equity Fund I Acc GBP

Lead fund manager biography

Dan is a portfolio manager in the 4Factor team at Ninety One, and is based in London. He co-manages the Global Strategic Equity strategy. Prior to joining the firm, Dan was founding partner and portfolio manager at River and Mercantile Group (R&M) and was responsible for managing a of range of portfolios, including the UK Core and Income portfolios. He worked at R&M between 2006 and 2022. Before River and Mercantile Group, Dan was a portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management (now Ninety One) between 2000 and 2006, and was responsible for the UK High Alpha and UK Smaller Companies Funds. He was also a Global Industrials and Resources analyst. Dan began his career at Schroders on their Pan-European Capital Goods Team in 1996. Dan graduated from Loughborough University with a first class degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a member of the CFA® Institute.

Fund manager biography

Ben is a portfolio manager in Ninety One’s 4Factor team and is based in London. He co-manages the European Equity and International Equity strategies. Prior to joining the firm Ben was a senior portfolio manager responsible for Europe/Sustainable Equity at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) where he developed and co-managed the plan’s European equity allocation. In 2018/19 Ben also took on the role of Head of Sustainable Investing overseeing and implementing transformative changes to the plan’s ESG approach. Most recently, Ben was portfolio manager for a dedicated sustainable equity strategy where he built up an impressive track record over the last three years. Before CPPIB, Ben was a portfolio manager at Och-Ziff Capital Management and with Odey Asset Management. Ben graduated from Bristol University with a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and French.