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Mark is the Lead Manager of the MI Somerset Asia Income Fund, Co-Manager of the MI Somerset Emerging Markets Dividend Growth Fund and is a senior partner at Somerset Capital Management, sitting on Somerset’s Executive Committee. He joined Somerset Capital in 2020 from Liontrust Investment Partners where he was Head of Asia Pacific Equities and Lead Manager of the Asia Income Fund, which was launched in 2012. Prior to Liontrust he specialised in Asian equity mandates at Occam and F&C where he ran the flagship Asia Pacific Growth Funds. Mark has worked continuously in investment management since 1993. |
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Kumar Pandit is lead Portfolio Manager on Polen Capital’s India Growth strategy and co-Portfolio Manager on Emerging Markets Dividend Growth. Kumar originally joined Somerset Capital in 2011, which subsequently completed a transaction with Polen Capital in 2024 that appointed Polen as the investment manager of four strategies from Somerset. Kumar held various roles at Somerset including Portfolio Manager, Head of Research, and a member of the partnership management Executive Committee. Kumar received a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Business Studies from Kingston University and is a CFA charterholder. |