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George is a portfolio manager and metals and mining specialist in the Natural Resources team. George is a portfolio manager for the Global Gold strategy and co-portfolio manager for the Natural Resources strategy. He covers all aspects of metals and mining supply and demand including, most recently, the impact of renewable energy and electric vehicles on metals demand.
Prior to joining the firm, George was a market analyst for three years at BHP Billiton, working in The Hague and Singapore. He was recruited to BHP Billiton in 2004 from CRU (Commodities Research Unit), an independent metals/chemicals related research company based in London. At CRU, he spent three years in the Carbon Steel team and five years as a Research Manager – Copper, providing in-depth research and forecasts to the industry, banks and hedge funds. George began his career in 1990 in operations at British Steel Strip Products, working for three years in the Tinplate division.
George graduated from the University of Oxford in 1989 with an honours degree in Classics and in 1995 was awarded a Master of Business Administration from Warwick University. |
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Dawid is a portfolio manager in the Thematic Equity team within Multi-Asset at Ninety One. He is a portfolio manager on our Global and Enhanced Natural Resources funds and strategies. He covers agriculture, protein, basic foodstuffs, forest products, metals and mining, as well as various environmental investment sectors. Having specialized in agriculture and softs since 2007, he has focused on the developments in sustainable food production, the efficient use of water, seed, fertilizer and crop protection inputs as well as the advent of precision agriculture.
Before joining the firm, Dawid was a derivatives trade accountant at KBC Financial Products. Prior to this, from 2002 to 2005, he qualified as a chartered accountant at Baker Tilly Greenwoods Auditors in Cape Town, during which time he managed audits of companies in the agricultural, protein and industrial sectors.
Dawid graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 2000. In 2001 he completed the Accountants Conversion Course at the University of Cape Town and in 2002 he graduated from the University of South Africa with an honours degree in Accounting. Dawid was awarded the Chartered Accountant designation (SA) in 2005 and is also a CFA® Charterholder. |
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Paul is Head of Natural Resources and a co-portfolio manager for the Global Natural Resources strategy. He covers global energy equities, including traditional energy such as oil and gas producers, as well as clean energy companies.
Prior to joining the firm Paul worked at Fidelity International, where he was a co-portfolio manager of the Global Energy and Global Clean Energy strategies as well as an analyst covering US energy equities since 2014. Additionally, Paul has held roles with Subsea 7, RBS Global Markets and Morgan Stanley.
Paul received a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD and Bachelor of Arts from St John’s College, Cambridge University. |