Alex Illingworth joins Harwood to launch global equity business
Alex Illingworth (pictured) will join Harwood on 4 September.
Illingworth, who has more than 25 years in the global equity sector, ran the Artemis Global Select fund and the Mid Wynd International investment trust with Simon Edelsten for about a decade until February 2023.
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He will be joining Harwood on 4 September as a partner and will be hiring a team. The new strategy is expected to be launched later this year.
Illingworth said: «I am hugely excited to join Harwood to build this new element of the business. Harwood has an entrepreneurial culture, which I admire, and the business has amassed an amazing ecosystem of talented and experienced investors.»
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Harwood founder, CEO and CIO Christopher Mills added: «It is rare to get the chance to bring someone of Alex's reputation and experience into the business.
»The global equity sector offers opportunities for good managers to generate outstanding long-term risk-adjusted returns for clients and I am confident that with the plans Alex has drawn up we can carve a strong presence in this competitive sector."
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