Federated Hermes

Kunjal joined in February 2012 as a senior analyst on the Global Emerging Markets team focused on Asia ex-Japan. He became co-portfolio manager for pooled products and segregated mandates in September 2016. In January 2020, he became co-portfolio manager for all portfolios managed by the Global Emerging Markets team and was subsequently named lead portfolio manager in September 2020. He became Head of Global Emerging Markets in June 2022. Kunjal joined from Her Majesty's Government, where he worked from October 2008 as an assistant director in The Shareholder Executive, the in-house portfolio management and corporate finance arm of the UK Government. Prior to this he was a senior financial analyst at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking from December 2004, responsible for both business development and execution of M&A and strategy mandates within the consumer products coverage banking team. Previously he worked for Thomas Cook (India) in the management information systems division (September 2003), and PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Assurance and Business Advisory Service (August 2001). Kunjal has a Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Jonathan joined in March 2009 as portfolio manager responsible for Asia ex-Japan within the Emerging Markets strategy. Jonathan has been lead portfolio manager for the Asia ex-Japan strategy since its launch at the start of 2010. Prior to joining, he was a fund manager at RAB Capital and an analyst at Orbis Investment Advisory in London. Jonathan grew up in South Africa, where he was a partner at PKF Johannesburg. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, is a CFA charterholder and a chartered accountant. Jonathan was awarded with Investment Week's Fund Manager of the Year Award for Asian equity in 2018 and 2016 and, under Jonathan's management, the Asia ex-Japan strategy has been awarded Asian Investor's Asset Management Award for best Asia ex-Japan equity strategy for five consecutive years, from 2014 to 2018; Portfolio Adviser's Platinum Award for Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity 2016, 2017 and 2018; and Citywire Asia's Asia ex-Japan Group Award in 2016 and 2017.

Shanta joined in September 2022 and is responsible for the distribution of the fund range to the UK Wholesale market in the of South of England. Prior to joining, Shanta spent 10 years at Polar Capital, where he was responsible for building out the Wholesale channel in South England, South Wales & Ireland, for both closed and open-ended funds. He joined Polar Capital in 2012 where he worked in the Investor Relations & Client Services Teams before moving to Sales in 2018. Shanta holds a BSc in Marketing from University of Newcastle and also holds the CFA UK Level 4 Diploma in Investment Management (ESG).

Dan joined in May 2017 and is responsible for promoting our range of funds to the UK discretionary market. Prior to joining, Dan held positions at Bloomberg, Legg Mason, Standard Life and, most recently, Kames Capital, which he joined in 2013 with responsibility for the London discretionary market. Dan is a qualified member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Association and holder of the Investment Management Certificate; he earned a BSc in Management and French from the University of Manchester.