David Docherty joined Cazenove in 2000. He is a member of the Pan-European equity team and Manager of The Growth Trust for Charities, a UK authorised Common Investment Fund. He is the 2nd appointed Manager of the Cazenove UK Growth & Income Fund (onshore) and the Cazenove UK Equity Fund (offshore), both managed by Tim Russell (Head of Pan-European equities). He also has specific responsibility for the UK’s Aerospace & Defence, Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Metals, Oil & Gas Producers, Oil Equipment & Services and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors. David joined from M&G Investment Management where he was a fund manager and chairman of the UK model portfolio committee. Prior to this he was a fund manager at Gartmore Investment Management (1994-1997) and Lloyds Investment Management (1989-1994). David graduated from Durham University with a degree in History and gained an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. He is a Director and has 21 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.