26th May 2022
Our next event will take place on the 26th May in the City of London. Speaker details are below.
Matthew Beddall, CEO and Fund Manager
Matthew worked at Winton for 17 years, eight of which he served as Chief Investment Officer. As CIO, he had responsibility for overseeing the firm’s investment activities, including the flagship Winton Futures Fund. During his tenure, Winton grew to have $32 billion in assets making it one of the largest hedge funds in Europe. He also sat on the Board as a Director, and on the Executive Committee.
Matthew previously graduated with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, and went on to earn a Master’s degree in Applied Statistics. His extensive professional experience has given him a strong set of investment beliefs, all of which he applies to his own money within the LF Havelock Global Select Fund.
Mark Williams, Co-Manager of Somerset Asia Income Fund
Mark is Co-manager of the Somerset Asia income Fund, which he launched with Carolyn Chan in 2012.
Mark joined Somerset Capital in 2020 from Liontrust Investment Partners where he was Head of Asia Pacific Equities. He has over 28 years’ experience investing in Asia.
Prior to Liontrust Mark specialised in Asian Equity mandates at Occam and F&C where he ran the flagship Asia Pacific Growth Funds.
Christopher Pease, Lead Fund Manager
Christopher has over 36 years of investment experience and joined Whitman from Sarasin & Partners where he spent 23 years.
Christopher founded the Sarasin AIM Portfolio Service in 2007 and grew the strategy to c£100m in AUM. Prior to Sarasin, Christopher was with Henderson Investors where he managed UK pension funds, charity money and retail unit trusts.