Our team

Our emerging markets team comprises eight individuals with a combined investment experience of over 70 years. The team blends homegrown talent with the some of the best from outside - brought in for their experience and ability.

By industry standards, we have a relatively small team. We deem this an advantage; believing it facilitates better communication and enhanced decision making. All members of our emerging markets team are based at our Edinburgh headquarters.

The team is headed by Kim Catechis, who has 19 years' investment experience. Kim joined the group in 1996, setting up our Latin American equities desk. He was appointed head of emerging markets in 1998. Other senior members of the team include Alastair Reynolds, Mohammed Zaidi and Divya Mathur.

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Kim Catechis

Kim heads our Global Emerging Markets Equity team. His sector research specialisation is in energy. He joined SWIP in 1996, established our Latin American equities desk, began managing Emerging Market equities for internal portfolios in 1998 and was appointed Head of Global Emerging Markets team in 2000.

Kim previously worked with Eagle Star, established their ES Inversiones operation in Madrid in 1990 and managed the company. Prior to Eagle Star, Kim worked for Edinburgh Fund Managers’ European team.

Kim holds a BA and an MBA from Stirling University and speaks eight languages.

Alastair Reynolds

Alastair is an Investment Director in our Global Emerging Markets Equity team. Alastair also performs the role of research manager, coordinating the team’s research activities as well as performing investment research across a group of industry sectors.

Before joining the group in 2000, Alastair worked for Edinburgh Fund Managers for three years as an emerging markets investment manager.

From 1990 to 1997 he worked for Scottish Amicable Investment Managers as a UK equity analyst.

Andrew Ness

Andrew is an Investment Director on the Global Emerging Markets Equity team. He manages GEM mandated portfolios and is research analyst for the GEM financials sector.

He joined SWIP in April 2007, from Deutsche Asset Management in New York. Previously he was at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (since 2001) and Murray Johnstone.

Andrew has a BA (Hons) in Economics and an MSc in Business Economics from the University of Strathclyde. He is an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals

Mohammed Zaidi

Mohammed is an Investment Director on the Global Emerging Markets Equity team. His sector research specialisations are industrials, materials, metals and mining and paper and forest products.

Mohammed joined SWIP in May 2006 after five years as a senior member on the emerging markets equities team at Principal Global Investors. Previously he was a portfolio manager for Lexington Global Asset Management, co-managing their Worldwide Emerging Markets Fund.

Mohammed holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a CFA charter holder.

Jeff Casson

Jeff joined SWIP in April 2005 as an Investment Director on the Global Emerging Markets Equity team, with particular responsibility for Latin America.

Previously, Jeff’s five years at The Alliance Trust Plc included responsibility for research of the technology sector, as well as the management of their Technology and Asia Pacific ex Japan portion of the Trust’s portfolio.

Jeff holds a BAcc (1st Class Hons) in Accountancy from The University of Dundee and is a CFA charter holder.

Divya Mathur

Divya is an Investment Director on the Global Emerging Markets Equity team. His sector research specializations are technology, utilities. Divya joined SWIP in June 2006, after heading up the Emerging Markets Investment team at Henderson Global Investors.

He has eleven years experience in the Asian and emerging markets area, and has run the Henderson’s Horizon India Fund as well as dedicated Emerging Europe and Latin American funds.

Divya holds a MS in Investment Analysis from the University of Stirling, and a joint BS in Computer Science and Accounting from the University of Manchester.

Joanna Terrett

Joanna is our Product Specialist on the Global Emerging Markets Equity team.

Prior to joining SWIP in 2004, Joanna was with Martin Currie Investment Management for 11 years, 9 as a Portfolio Manager covering Europe and Latin America and the balance developing a Continental European client base.

Joanna holds a BS (Hons) in European Studies and French from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

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