JULIE DEAN joined Cazenove in 2002. She is a member of the Pan-European equity team and manager of the A rated Cazenove UK Opportunities Fund, the Cazenove UK Dynamic Fund and the Cazenove Managed UK Equity Fund. Her specific UK sector responsibilities are: General Finance, Life Insurance, Non Life Insurance and Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology. Julie joined from HSBC Asset Management (Europe) Ltd where she was responsible for similar funds as well as institutional portfolios. Prior to HSBC, she was a UK equity fund manager for Invesco GT. Julie graduated from St Anne’s College, Oxford University with a BA (Hons) in Modern History. She has 17 years of investment experience.
Tim Russell joined Cazenove in 2003. He is Head of Pan-European equities with specific responsibility for UK equity strategy, portfolio construction and performance across the range of Cazenove Capital Management’s UK institutional, charity, private clients and retail funds. He is also manager of the Cazenove UK Equity Absolute Return Fund, the Cazenove Leveraged UK Equity Fund and the Cazenove UK Absolute Target Fund. Tim joined from HSBC Asset Management (Europe) Ltd where he also had overall responsibility for UK equities and was manager of six of their funds valued at £2 billion, including the AAA rated HSBC UK Growth & Income Fund. Prior to HSBC, he held a similar position at Lazard Asset Management achieving a Fund Research rating across their entire range of UK funds. In 1997 Tim was awarded the Investment Week Income Fund Manager of the Year. Prior to joining Lazard in 1992, Tim was awarded the Roy Wright scholarship, sponsored by Rio Tinto plc, which enabled him to spend two years in industry in marketing, financial and strategic roles. He started his career in 1985 as a corporate finance executive with Merrill Lynch (Europe) before joining UBS Phillips & Drew as an institutional salesman. He graduated from Keble College, Oxford University with an MA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He is a Managing Director and has 25 years of investment experience.