CRUX Asia ex-Japan Fund Class A - Accumulation (GBP)

Damian joined CRUX in December 2021 as Deputy Fund Manager in our Asia team. Prior to joining CRUX he was a portfolio manager at Martin Currie and was also co-manager of the LMIF Asia Unconstrained Fund. Before joining Martin Currie in July 2013, he was the chief financial officer for the digital media agency Rocketer. Prior to that, Damian was Investment Director at the private equity business Boundary Capital. He began his investment career at Goldman Sachs, before moving to Morgan Stanley as Executive Director, Institutional Sales. Damian is a CFA® charterholder and gained his MBA at INSEAD in 1999. He also has a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Melbourne.

Ewan Markson-Brown joins CRUX on the 9th September 2021. He has worked in the investment industry for over 21 years. Ewan was an investment manager in the Emerging Markets Equity Team at Baillie Gifford 2013-2021, where he co-managed the Pacific Fund since May 2014 and Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC since March 2014. Prior to Baillie Gifford, Ewan was a Senior Vice President in Emerging Markets at PIMCO. He previously worked at Newton for five years as Lead Portfolio Manager on an Asia Pacific Equity Strategy, as well as segregated Asian income and Japanese Equities Strategies. He graduated MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford in 2000.