Sarasin IE Multi Asset Defensive Class P - Accumulation (GBP)

Phil has almost 30 years investment experience, the bulk of which was at Newton Investment Management. At Newton, Phil was Chief Investment Officer of the private clients and charities division, responsible for the investment process and performance of approximately £9bn of client assets. He also established and was lead manager of the Newton Phoenix range of funds which outperformed their sector consistently. Prior to joining Newton, Phil held investment management roles at Capital House & Leopold Joseph. Phil joined Sarasin in 2013.

Prior to joining Sarasin, Alastair worked at abrdn where he lead a strategic review of their Multi Asset and ESG investment capabilities working closely with the executive leadership. He has also worked at Schroders where he was responsible for Diversified Growth Mandates which sought to deliver clients inflation plus returns over a market cycle and Total Return Mandates which sought to deliver cash plus returns over 3 years.

Tom has 4 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Sarasin & Partners Tom worked at Vanguard Asset Management in the Investment Strategy Group for 1 year as part of his degree course. Following graduation, he has worked for Engelhart Commodity Trading Partners as a risk analyst and at Oxford University Press as a commercial finance analyst.

Michael joined Sarasin and Partners in December 2023 having previously spent 9 years at Barings, most recently as a managing director and multi asset portfolio manager. During which time he managed a wide range of multi asset portfolios across client types, risk profiles and base currencies. At Barings, Michael also chaired the firm’s asset allocation committee which drove multi asset portfolio allocation across the firm. Prior to working at Barings Michael held an investment role at LCP and a research role at the Bank of England.