Ninety One Global Special Situations Class I - Accumulation (GBP)

David is a portfolio manager in the Value team at Investec Asset Management. Since October 2013, he assumed co-portfolio management of the Global Contrarian and American Equity strategies. He joined Investec Asset Management in 2004 as an analyst in the Value team. Prior to this, he was an investment analyst for Douglas Deakin Young, where he worked for three years. From 1999 to 2001 David spent two years working as an assistant portfolio manager at Marathon Asset Management. David graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1995 with a Master's degree in Economics and Political Science. He holds the Securities Institute Diploma and is a CFA Charterholder.

Mark is a portfolio manager within the Value team at Investec Asset Management. He takes responsibility for our Global Contrarian and American Equity strategies, and since August 2012 assumed co-portfolio management of the Investec American Equity Fund. Mark joined Investec Asset Management in 2005 from UBS Wealth Management where he was head of UK research. Prior to this, he was a portfolio manager at Cavendish Asset Management. He began his career as an accountant at KPMG. Mark graduated from the London School of Economics in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, and has a Master's degree in Finance from London Business School. Mark is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute and is a qualified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Alastair is head of the Value team at Investec Asset Management having joined in 2000 from Morley Fund Management. Alastair manages a number of funds including the Investec Cautious Managed Fund and the Investec UK Special Situations Fund. He also manages the Temple Bar Investment Trust. Alastair graduated from City University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Science in 1988.

Alessandro is a portfolio manager within the Value team at Ninety One. Since 20 April 2020 he assumed co-portfolio management of the UK Value strategies in addition to the Global Value Equity strategies that he has been managing since 2016. In 2011, Alessandro joined the firm as an analyst in the Value team. Previously he worked at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co as a fixed income derivatives salesperson in London. He graduated from UCL in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Economics and holds a Masters degree in Finance from the London Business School. He has passed Level III of the CFA® Programme.

Steve is a portfolio manager within the Value team at Ninety One. Since 20 April 2020 he assumed co-portfolio management of the UK Value strategies in addition to the Global Special Situations and Global Value Equity strategies that he has been managing since 2016. Previously, Steve was an analyst in the Value team. He joined the firm in 2008 from the Financial Services Authority where he supervised asset managers and financial advisors. Steve graduated from Nottingham University in 2004 where he obtained a first class Master's degree in Mathematics and is also a CFA® Charterholder.