Pictet Japanese Equity Opportunities Class I - Accumulation (GBP)

Go Shiina joined Pictet Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. in 2009, as a Senior Investment Analyst, where he is responsible for research on Japanese equities. Before joining Pictet, he spent ten years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a portfolio manager. He began his career in 1997 as an analyst at Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank. Go graduated with a BA in Economics and Finance from the University of Tokyo. He is also a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.

Takeshi Suzuki joined Pictet Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. as a Senior Investment Analyst in 2001 and became a Portfolio Manager in 2003. He started taking responsibility as a senior investment analyst in 2009. He covers sectors including Electric Appliances, Chemicals, Banks and other financial sectors. He began his investment career in 1987, joining Okasan Securities as an institutional salesman, later becoming an analyst in the research department. Takeshi graduated from Rikkyo University with a BA in Economics. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan (CMA).

Serena Robinson joined Pictet Asset Management in 2000. She is a Senior Investment Manager specialising in Japanese equities in the Developed Equities team. She began her finance career at INVESCO in 1999. Serena graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA in Economics & Business Studies and has a First Class Master's degree in Business Studies from University College Dublin. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

Adrian Hickey joined Pictet Asset Management in 2006 and is Head of the Japanese Equities team. From the start of his investment career in 1991, when he joined Scottish Equitable in Edinburgh, Adrian has concentrated on Japanese equity fund management. He spent four years in Tokyo with Commerz International Capital Management before returning to the UK, where he subsequently worked for Edinburgh Fund Managers and Shell Pensions. Adrian's most recent position before joining Pictet was Director, Japanese Equities, with Foreign & Colonial in London. Adrian graduated with a BA (Hons) in Economics and Economic History from the University of Birmingham. He also holds an Master's in Philosophy from Lancaster University.

Sam Perry joined Pictet Asset Management in 1997 and is a Senior Investment Manager in the Japanese Equities team. Sam graduated from the University of Oxford with a first class degree in Philosophy and Psychology. He holds a doctorate in Experimental Cognitive Psychology, also from Oxford University.