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Jamie Allsopp joined New Star in 2001 and worked as an analyst before becoming a fund manager in 2003. He has specialised in UK equities across the market capitalisation range. Jamie holds a BA in Combined Studies from Newcastle University.
Mark Beale, New Star's Deputy chief investment officer, has 22 years' investment experience. Having developed formidable expertise in both global and US equity markets, Mark oversees New Star's US investments. Mark joined New Star Institutional Managers* in 1982. Mark holds a BA in Economic History from the University of Sussex.
* formerly WorldInvest, which was purchased by New Star in December 2000.
Ian Beattie has specialised in Asian equities for 16 years and has been Head of Asian excluding Japan funds for New Star Institutional Managers* for more than nine years. Before joining New Star, Ian worked at Royal Insurance Asset Management as a fund manager where he was responsible for a variety of Far East portfolios. Ian holds a BSc in Economics from City University.
* formerly WorldInvest, which was purchased by New Star in December 2000.
Guy has 13 years' investment experience, specialising in global financial equities as well as in Asian and Latin American markets. He joined New Star in 2001 from Jupiter Asset Management.
Tim Bray joined New Star Institutional Managers* in 1985 from Coutts & Company. He has 19 years' investment experience. Tim is chairman of New Star's institutional asset allocation committee and a member of the institutional investment policy committee. Tim holds a BSc in Financial Economics from the University of London.
* formerly WorldInvest, which was purchased by New Star in December 2000.
Clare Bryant joined the New Star fund of funds team in 2003 as an analyst, having previously worked at Edinburgh Fund Managers. She has six years investment experience and assumed responsibility for the management of the New Star European Portfolio on 2 April 2007. The New Star fund of funds team was voted 'Best Multi-Manager Group 2008' at the Professional Adviser Awards.
Paul Craig is manager of the New Star Diversified Absolute Return Fund, New Star Global Strategic Capital Unit Trust, New Star UK Strategic Capital Unit Trust and New Star UK Strategic Income Unit Trust. He has 20 years' investment experience, including 10 years gained at Exeter Investment Group where he focused on managing investment trust shares and portfolios. He employs a 'bottom up' process in identifying securities, overlaid with a 'top-down' view of general economic trends.
Charles Deptford joined New Star in June 2008. Prior to joining New Star he was Head of UK Retail Equities at Baring Asset Management where he managed an Equity Income fund and a UK Growth fund.
Roger Dossett is chief executive of property fund management and manages the direct property portfolio of the New Star UK Property Unit Trust. He is a senior figure in the property industry, in which he has 37 years' experience. He was appointed to the board of Estates & General plc in 1982 and became managing director in 1992.
James Gledhill is Head of Fixed Income and has 16 years' investment experience. Prior to joining New Star in 2002, James worked at M&G. James holds a BA in Metallurgy and Science of Material from the University of Oxford.
Trevor joined New Star in June 2008 as a UK equity fund manager from RCM (UK) Ltd., where he was a director. Prior to this, Trevor was a portfolio manager for UK and European Equities with Credit Suisse Asset Management. During his five years with Credit Suisse, Trevor was an associate director and then director within the UK equity team. Trevor started his career as a fund manger at Capel Cure Myers in 1990 with responsibility for its UK Smaller Companies Fund.
Mark Harris heads the New Star fund of funds team. Mark has 21 years' investment management experience, having previously held management roles at Edinburgh Fund Managers and HSBC. In addition to managing the team's activities, Mark focuses on devising investment strategy for the underlying funds and assessing fund recommendations. Mark holds a BA in Economics and Law from Newcastle University.
Nick Hayes joined New Star in 2002 and has developed his fund management skills alongside his highly-rated fixed income colleagues, James Gledhill and Philip Roantree. Prior to joining New Star, Nick worked at WPP Group. Nick holds a BA in French and Spanish from Trinity College, Dublin.
Craig Heron has 12 years' experience in the investment management industry, having previously been head of managed funds research at Edinburgh Fund Managers. He joined New Star in 2003. Craig holds a BSc in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Robert Jeffree joined the New Star fund of funds team in 2006 as a fund analyst, before becoming a fund manager of the New Star Asia Portfolio on 2 January 2008. Robert has 12 years' investment experience and joined New Star from Principal Investment Management, where he was a managed funds analyst. Prior to this, Robert spent six years at McKinsey & Co. as an analyst and strategic consultant specialising in European asset management.
Gregor Logan, joint chief investment officer and fund manager, joined New Star in 2004. He has 30 years' investment experience. Gregor was previously chief investment officer of Pavilion Asset Management and MGM Assurance, prior to which he worked for 13 years at Fidelity International. Gregor holds an LLB in Law from Edinburgh University.
Richard Pease is director of European Equities and fund manager at New Star and has 24 years' investment experience. He is widely regarded as one of the most talented European excluding the UK fund managers. Prior to joining New Star in 2001, he was fund manager at Jupiter Asset Management. Richard holds a BA in General Arts from Durham University.
Phil Roantree has 22 years' investment experience. He joined New Star in 2003. Previously he headed the investment grade credit team at Aberdeen Asset Management and was manager of the Aberdeen Sterling Bond Unit Trust, where he won the Bloomberg Investment Week Corporate Bond Fund of the Year Award in both 2000 and 2001.
Mark Sanders transferred from Aberdeen to New Star in 2003 following the acquisition of Aberdeen's fixed interest funds. He has 29 years' investment experience, having worked for Friends Provident, Argosy Asset Management and Clerical Medical Investment Company. He currently works in the high yield sector with James Gledhill.
Nick Sheridan has more than 22 years’ investment management experience. Prior to joining New Star in 2007 Nick worked for Wise Speke, BWD Rensburg and most recently Tilney. His distinctive value-driven investment process took nine years to develop and has been proven to perform in both rising and falling markets, yielding excellent results.
Before joining New Star in 2001, Tim Steer established himself as one of the most successful company analysts in the UK medium and small company sectors, an area in which he has 20 years' experience. Tim holds a BSc from the University of London and is a qualified chartered accountant.
Hitesh Thakrar joined New Star’s technology team in July 2004. His primary expertise lies in identifying global macroeconomic trends to identify opportunities across global sectors. Previously, he held senior investment positions at Morley Fund Management, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Fleming (JP Morgan). He holds a BSc from King’s College in London, an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Toby Thompson has 19 years' investment experience. Prior to joining New Star in 2002, Toby was a highly successful fund manager at Newton, where he managed the Newton Higher Income Fund. Toby holds an MA in Economics from Edinburgh University.
Stuart Webster is head of global property at New Star. He has 23 years' experience of international property markets. Prior to joining New Star, he worked at Citigroup from 2002 building and managing international property funds. Stuart has also worked at DTZ International and Savills.
Stephen Whittaker is joint chief investment officer at New Star. With 28 years' experience in the investment industry, Stephen built his reputation at Invesco Perpetual. He joined New Star in 2002. Stephen holds an LLB in Law from the University of Manchester.