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Domicile | Ireland | Legal Structure | Open Ended Investment Company | UCITS | Yes | Inception Date | 18/07/2013 | ![](/includes/images/clear.gif) | Fund Advisor(s) | Lazard Asset Management LLC |
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Fund Manager | James Donald | Manager Start Date | 23/03/2007 | Career Start Year | 1985 |
Education | 1993, University of Western Ontario, B.A. |
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Biography |
James Donald is a Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Emerging Markets Equity team. He is also a member of the International Equity Select with Emerging Markets team. Since joining Lazard in 1996, James has been instrumental in developing and coordinating the emerging markets activities at Lazard. He began working in the investment field in 1983. Prior to joining Lazard, James was a Portfolio Manager with Mercury Asset Management. He has a BA (Hons) in history from the University of Western Ontario. James is a CFA® charterholder. |
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Fund Manager | Monika Shrestha | Manager Start Date | 23/03/2007 |
Education | University of Pennsylvania, B.S. | University of Pennsylvania, B.S. | Harvard University, M.B.A. |
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Monika Shrestha is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Emerging Markets Equity team, responsible for research coverage of companies in the financials sector. She began working in the investment field in 1997. Prior to joining Lazard in 2003, Monika was a principal at Waterview Advisors and a Corporate Finance Analyst with Salomon Smith Barney. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a BSE in Computer Science and Engineering and a BS in Economics (with a concentration in Finance) from the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Fund Manager | Rohit Chopra | Manager Start Date | 23/03/2007 | Career Start Year | 1996 |
Education | 1999, New York University (Stern), B.S. |
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Rohit Chopra is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Emerging Markets Equity team, focusing on consumer and telecommunications research and analysis. He began working in the investment field in 1996. Prior to joining the Firm in 1999, Rohit was with Financial Resources Group, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. He has a BS in Finance and Information Systems from New York University and also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Rohit has been accepted as a Young Global Leader (YGL) in 2016 by the World Economic Forum, which engages the top political, business. |
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Fund Manager | Ganesh Ramachandran | Manager Start Date | 01/07/2020 | Career Start Year | 1997 |
Education | University of Rochester, M.B.A. | Indian Institute of Technology, B.S. |
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Ganesh Ramachandran is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst specializing in emerging markets currency and debt. Ganesh has been a member of the Emerging Income management team since early 2001. He began working in the investment field in 1997 when he joined the Firm. Ganesh has his MBA from the University of Rochester, Simon School of Business and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. |