Matthews Asia Funds - Asia Ex Japan Total Return Equity Fund I GBP Dist

Lead fund manager biography

Sean Taylor is Chief Investment Officer designate and Portfolio Manager at Matthews, and manages the firm’s Pacific Tiger and Asia ex Japan Total Return Equity Strategies and co-manages the firm’s Emerging Markets Equity and Emerging Markets ex China Strategies. Prior to joining Matthews in Oct 2023, he was Chief Investment Officer APAC, Global Head of Emerging Markets Equity at DWS Group based in Hong Kong since 2013. From 2004 to 2011, he was an Investment Director at GAM Investments, based in London and Dubai. From 1997 to 2004, he was at Societe Generale as Head of International and Emerging Markets. Sean has over 30 years of experience, including more than a decade as a CIO. He has overseen a number of emerging markets active strategies, including Latin America, India, China, Brazil, Russia as well as international and global strategies during his career. He received his MBA from Manchester Business School and is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Sean has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund, Matthews Pacific Tiger Active ETF, Matthews Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Matthews Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF and Matthews Emerging Markets ex China Active ETF since 2023.

Fund manager biography

Sojung Park is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews Asia and co-manages the firm’s Korea Strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, she earned an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. From 2010 to 2013, Sojung worked as an Equity Research Analyst at HSBC Securities as primary analyst for mid-cap companies in the Korean financial services sector, and from 2009 to 2010, was an Equity Research Associate at E*Trade Securities. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Seoul National University and is fluent in Korean. Sojung has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews Korea Fund since 2022.