Polar Capital North American Class I - Income (Hedged GBP)

Colm joined Polar Capital in June 2014 working on the North American Equities team. Prior to joining Polar Capital, Colm spent over 3 years as a global equity analyst at Seven Pillars Capital Management. Before that, he worked as an Economist for the Bank of England where he was responsible for analysis of banks and banking systems. Academic qualifications: BA (1st Class Hons) in Economics, Trinity College, Dublin; MSc in Finance and Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science. Professional qualifications: CFA charterholder. Industry experience: 15 years.

Richard joined Polar Capital in August 2011 to establish the North American Equities team. Prior to joining Polar Capital, he spent nine years at Threadneedle where he managed more than US$4.5bn of institutional mandates on the North American Equities team and led the Global Industrial Sector Research Group. Richard began his investment career in 1999 as an Analyst on the US Equities team at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. He graduated with a First Class MA (Hons) in History of Art from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA Charterholder.

Andrew joined Polar Capital in August 2011 to establish the North American Equities team and a Global Equity Fund. Prior to joining Polar Capital, he spent seven years at Threadneedle where he managed the highly rated US$2.5bn Threadneedle American Fund as well as a number of global funds including the Threadneedle Global Focus Fund and the Threadneedle and Columbia Global Extended Alpha Funds. Andrew began his investment career in 1997 as an Analyst on the American and UK Smaller Caps teams at Baillie Gifford before becoming Fund Manager of the award winning American Fund. He graduated with a First Class BCom (Hons) in Business Studies from the University of Edinburgh, an MSc in Investment Analysis from the University of Stirling, and is a CFA Charterholder.