Chris Rice joined Cazenove in 2002. As Head of European (ex UK ) equities, he is responsible for all aspects of European (ex UK ) equity strategy, portfolio construction and performance. He is manager of the Cazenove European Fund (onshore) and the Cazenove European Equity (ex UK ) Fund (offshore) and co-manager of the Cazenove European Equity Absolute Return Fund. He is responsible for sector research in Banks & Specialty Finance (including Property), Oil & Gas, Media, General Retailers, Personal Care/Luxury Goods and Support Services. Chris joined from HSBC Asset Management ( Europe ) Ltd where he held a similar position, responsible for their retail and institutional Pan-European and European equity funds. Prior to HSBC, he was a Japanese and European fund manager at Scottish Amicable Investment Managers. Chris graduated from the University of Salford with First Class Honours in Finance and Accounting as well as a MPhil in Monetary Economics from the University of Glasgow and he is IIMR qualified. He is a Managing Director of Cazenove Capital Management and has 19 years of investment experience.

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.

Peter Harvey joined Cazenove Capital in 2005. He is Head of Credit with specific responsibility for credit strategy and managing the Cazenove Strategic Bond Fund and Cazenove Strategic Debt Fund. Peter joined from F&C Management Ltd where he had been Head of UK Credit. Over the five years to December 2004, Peter was ranked in the top decile of Standard & Poor’s UK Corporate Bond league table. During his eleven years at F&C, Peter also ran funds covering emerging market corporate bonds, high yield and distressed debt. Before joining F&C, Peter spent three years with Lloyds Bank Capital Markets Group. He graduated with a 2.1 degree from the University of St Andrews and speaks Spanish fluently. Peter is a Director of Cazenove Capital and has 19 years of experience analysing and investing in corporate debt.