Alex is Head of Global Equities and lead manager of Artemis‘ ‘global select’ strategy. He is co-manager of the ‘leading consumer brands’ strategy. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in Economics and Social Geography. He joined Cazenove in 1995, moving to Newton Investment Management in 1998 to join its global equity team and becoming the investment leader for the team. After founding and heading the global equities division of River & Mercantile Asset Management in 2009, he joined JP Morgan Asset Management in 2015 as a managing director and senior portfolio manager within its international equity group, running global equity portfolios and specialising in concentrated-but-diversified portfolios. He joined Artemis in March 2023.