Jonathon Griggs

Asset Allocation Strategist

Jonathon has over 30 years of experience in the fields of investment management, macroeconomics and investment strategy. He was most recently Head of Applied Research at JPMorgan Asset Management

Charles Cara

Head of Quant Strategy

Charles has been a European Strategist at Merrill Lynch and has worked in the research departments at Dresdner Kleinwort and Morgan Stanley

Zahra
Ward-Murphy

Asset Allocation Strategist

Zahra covers alternative and real assets. Before joining ASR, Zahra worked as a global economist at Dresdner Kleinwort, and as an FX analyst at both Dresdner Kleinwort and BNP Paribas. She is a CFA charterholder.

Aaron Thompson

Strategist

Aaron joined ASR in March 2018, focusing on quantitative investment strategy. Aaron holds a BSc in Mathematics with Economics and an MSc in Economics, both from the University of Exeter.

Dominic White

Chief Economist

​Dominic has 15 years’ experience, working first at the UK Treasury and latterly on the number-one ranked European economics team at ABN Amro covering the UK and eurozone economies. 

Adam
Wolfe

Emerging Market Economist

Adam joined ASR from MRB where he was drove the firm’s view on the Chinese economy and policy, and was responsible for helping determine MRB’s Asia Ex-Japan view.

Prior to this, he was Director of Emerging Asia for Roubini Global Economics

Anthony
Abrahamian

Junior Economist

Anthony joined ASR in February 2020 after a year at a financial technology firm, where he produced sell-side EM research. Anthony holds a degree in Economics from the University of Bristol, during which he spent a year studying abroad in Madrid.

Ben
Blanchard

Economist

Ben joined ASR in September 2016 as an economic analyst after studying Economics at the University of Bath, during which he spent a year in industry at a macroeconomic research firm.

David
McBain

Head of Technical Strategy

David is a technical strategist, with a focus on sentiment, positioning and momentum analysis across global asset classes.  David was ranked among the Top 10 for Technical Analysis in the 2011 and 2013 Reuters Extel surveys.

Misha
Boskovic

Analyst

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Chris
Turner

Head of Multi Asset Strategy

Chris heads up Multi Asset Strategy at ASR.  He was Head of Strategy at Lombard Street Research, and previously managed global equity and tactical asset allocation portfolios at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. 

Stefano
Di Domizio

Fixed Income Strategist

Stefano leads for ASR on Fixed Income Strategy. He has over 15 years’ experience as an economist and strategist, having worked at JPMorgan, Intesa-SanPaolo Bank and Lombard Street Research.

Michael
Hessel

Head of Thematics

Michael has been with ASR since September 2011, focusing on political economy and political risk in Europe, as well as thematic research. Prior to joining, Michael read Politics & Philosophy at Edinburgh University.

Richard
Mylles

Political Analyst

Richard joined ASR from the BBC’s Political Research Unit, working on Hardtalk, The Andrew Marr Show and also Sky Sunrise. Richard holds a degree in PPE from Warwick and an MA from City University, London.

Phil
Lightfoot

Specialist Sales

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Ketan
Chauhan

Specialist Sales

Prior to ASR, Ketan worked for HSBC in Sales and Trading, specialising in FX, and also worked within Private Equity. He holds a degree from UCL, studied at the LSE, and also holds an MBA from London Business School.

Carly
Beattie

Specialist Sales

Carly started her career at Dresdner Kleinwort, spending 6 years on the highly ranked European Equity Sales desk, before moving to Evolution Securities as a Director in Equity Sales

Beth
McCann

Specialist Sales

Beth joined ASR in February 2010 and was previously a member of the European equities sales team at Nat West Markets.

Piers
Mizen

Specialist Sales - 
Continental Europe

Piers is Head of Sales to Continental European Institutions at ASR. He has close to 30 years European sales experience working for firms including Kleinwort Benson, Merrill Lynch and State Street.

Jeff
Marine

Head of US Sales

 Jeff is responsible for developing and managing key relationships with ASR’s institutional investor client base in the US and Canada.  He has worked for Merrill Lynch, Nomura and HSBC in London and New York.

Joana
Gutierrez

Specialist Sales

Joana has experience driving efficiency and growth through enterprise-wide initiatives for financial institutions with experience at a multi–strategy hedge fund, a commodities trade desk and at Wells Fargo Financial Advisors.

David
Lane

Specialist Sales

Prior to ASR, Dave served as a business development manager at MRB. David also worked for many years in the commercial real estate industry. David graduated from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Peter
Holmes

Chief Operating Officer

Peter has over 30 years’ experience working in financial services in senior operational and technical roles. Most recently he was COO of HSBC’s Global Research division. Prior to that, he was CTO for Global Equity Advisory at UBS.

Amy
Fox

Operations Administrator

Amy specialises in office and financial administration and has previously worked in a variety of industries in both Glasgow and London. Amy graduated with an MA in Literary Studies from the University of Glasgow.

Tom
Malone

Head of IT & Infrastructure

Tom joined ASR after five years at Merrill Lynch working in both Equity and Fixed Income research, and latterly, on ML's proprietary equity analytics database. He now manages ASR's technical, infrastructure and business operations.

Kate
Mankelow

EA & Office Manager

Kate is Executive Assistant to David Bowers, Ian Harnett & Verity Hunt. Kate has extensive Executive PA experience, working in a variety of industries - most recently for Ogilvy and Mather in both London and Paris.

Luke
MacRedmond

Head of AU Sales

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Simon
Calder

Specialist Sales

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Hugh
Sexton

Specialist Sales

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