Speakers

Emery Brewer is Senior Fund Manager of the JOHCM Emerging Markets Fund. He has over 15 years experience in Emerging Markets equity fund management, gained while working at Driehaus Capital Management. In December 1997, Emery founded the Driehaus Capital Management Emerging Markets Growth Fund, which he managed for ten years until he left Driehaus in December 2007. In 1998, he founded the Driehaus International Discovery Fund which he co-managed with Dr. Ivo Kovachev until April 2005. Prior to this, he was an analyst and manager for the Driehaus East Europe Fund. Emery has a BSc in Economics from the University of Utah and a MBA from the University of Rochester.

Edwin Gutierrez is a portfolio manager on the emerging markets debt desk. Edwin joined Aberdeen following the acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management's London and Philadelphia fixed income businesses in 2005. Edwin held the same role since joining in Deutsche in 2000. Previously, Edwin worked as an emerging debt portfolio manager at Invesco Asset Management and as a Latin American economist at LGT Asset Management. Edwin graduated with an MSc from Georgetown University.

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Dr Ivo Kovachev is Senior Fund Manager of the JOHCM Emerging Markets Fund. He joined JOHCM from Kinsale Capital Management where he was Chief Investment Officer. Prior to this, Ivo spent ten years at Driehaus Capital Management, most recently as Fund Manager for the top performing* Driehaus European Opportunity Fund. Together with Emery Brewer, Ivo co-managed the Driehaus International Discovery Fund. He also contributed to the Emerging Markets Growth investment process for many years. Prior to this, Ivo worked on and then managed the Driehaus East Europe Fund. He holds a MEng in Management Information Systems from the Prague School of Economics, MSc in Technology and Innovation Management from the University of Sussex and a PhD in Industrial and Development Policy. He is also a Fulbright Scholar, having attended the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona (USA).

Elena Shaftan joined Jupiter in 2000. She has managed the Jupiter Emerging European Opportunities Fund since launch in September 2002, and the Jupiter New Europe SICAV since its launch in November 2007. Before joining Jupiter, Elena managed Eastern European equities at AIB Govett Asset Management for five years. Elena gained a degree in Radio Electronic Engineering from Riga Aviation University.