Janus Henderson Investors

James de Bunsen is a Portfolio Manager on Janus Henderson Investors' UK based Multi Asset Team, a position he has held since joining Henderson in 2013. In this role, James focuses on alternative asset classes and strategies.

Prior to Henderson, he worked for multi asset boutique Armstrong Investment Managers (AIM) from 2010, where he helped run a number of multi asset strategies targeting real returns above inflation within clearly defined risk budgets. Before that, he spent five years at Insight Investment as part of the same multi asset team that launched the first retail multi asset fund in the UK and later formed AIM. At both Insight and AIM, this team won several performance awards from FT Pension Investment, HFM Europe, and BarclayHedge, among others.

Earlier in his career, he spent several years working as a journalist and editor at a variety of business magazines.

James received a degree in ancient history and archaeology from the University of Manchester. He holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He has 18 years of financial industry experience.

John Pattullo is Co-Head of Global Bonds at Janus Henderson Investors. He manages and co-manages a range of global bond strategies and funds meeting different client needs globally. John joined Henderson in 1997 as a trainee manager in corporate bonds and was head of the Strategic Fixed Income Team from 2009 until 2015 when he became Co-Head with Jenna Barnard. Prior to Henderson, he spent four years as a chartered accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

John has an MA (Hons) in economics from the University of St Andrews. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (CA) and an associate member of the Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP). He has 30 years of financial industry experience.

Sam Mettrick is Head of UK Advisory Sales at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2013. Prior to joining the firm, Sam was head of strategic partners at Artemis from 2009 to 2012. He held a similar role at New Star Asset Management from 2003. Sam began his asset management career with Framlington in 1999. Earlier, he held distribution roles with Zurich, Royal, and Sun Alliance. Sam has 30 years of financial services experience.

Chris Hill is Associate Director, covering the Midlands & East Anglia since 2020. Prior to Janus Henderson, Chris was with Miton Group plc in a similar role from 2016 to 2020. Before that, he was an Investment Manager at Gemini Wealth and EFG Harris Allday .

Paul Dagger is an Associate Director at Janus Henderson Investors. He joined Henderson as part of the firm's acquisition of Gartmore in 2011. In his current role, Paul is responsible for discretionary and advisory client relationships. Before this, he spent 10 years with the advisory team at Hargreaves Landsown.

Paul holds the Advanced Financial Planning Certificate and the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). He has 35 years of financial industry experience.