Jupiter announces fund management promotions across key investment strategies

Jupiter is pleased to announce a number of promotions across its investment team, adding further fund management resource to the helms of key strategies including European equities, UK small and mid-cap and fixed income – both global and emerging market debt.

• Sohil Chotai promoted to fund manager, European equities, co-managing the Jupiter European Special Situations fund.
• David Cameron-Mowat promoted to fund manager, UK small and mid-cap equities, taking on management of the Jupiter UK Smaller Companies Focus fund.
• Hilary Blandy promoted to fund manager of the Jupiter Monthly Income Bond fund.
• Reza Karim promoted to fund manager, emerging market debt strategy.

Jupiter is pleased to announce a number of promotions across its investment team, adding further fund management resource to the helms of key strategies including European equities, UK small and mid-cap and fixed income – both global and emerging market debt.

Sohil Chotai is promoted to fund manager, European equities. Sohil joined Jupiter in 2019 as part of the new team taking responsibility for the European equities strategy, led by co-heads of strategy Mark Nichols and Mark Heslop. Working in partnership with Mark Nichols, he will become co-manager of the Jupiter European Special Situations fund, previously overseen by Nichols and Heslop following the departure of previous manager Cedric de Fonclare in 2020, while continuing to work across Jupiter’s full range of European equities funds.

David Cameron-Mowat is promoted to fund manager, UK small and mid-cap equities. Having joined Jupiter in 2020 following the acquisition of Merian Global Investors, David has been a core member of the UK SMID team for over six years. As deputy on both the Jupiter UK Smaller Companies and Jupiter UK Smaller Companies Focus funds, David has had significant input into portfolio construction and stock selection decisions during his time at Jupiter.

David’s promotion forms part of a planned team progression which will see him take on the management of the Jupiter UK Smaller Companies Focus fund while previous manager Nick Williamson will move to focus exclusively on the management of Chrysalis Investments. Following two successful fund raisings for the trust that have taken gross assets over £1bn, Nick will provide dedicated resource to support the trust’s growth while continuing to collaborate closely with the broader team.

Hilary Blandy has been promoted to fund manager of the Jupiter Monthly Income Bond fund, which she has been co-managing since September 2020. Hilary, who has been with Jupiter since 2012, has demonstrated considerable expertise as a senior credit analyst on Jupiter’s global flexible bond strategy over many years, while also managing a key component of the fixed income allocation across Jupiter’s multi asset strategy, managed by head of strategy, multi-asset, Talib Sheikh. She will retain these responsibilities as part of her new role.

Reza Karim is promoted to fund manager, emerging market debt. Since joining Jupiter in May 2017, Reza has been instrumental in the evolution of the company’s EMD offering, and a key contributor to the funds’ performance and AUM growth since their inception. In his new role Reza will continue to work across Jupiter’s full range of emerging market debt funds, collaborating closely with Head of EMD Alejandro Arevalo and supported by a dedicated team of analysts.

Stephen Pearson, CIO, Jupiter, commented:
“I am delighted to be making these promotions across our investment team. At Jupiter we are committed to sustaining our strong active investment culture, retaining and nurturing talented individuals as they progress through their careers, and as such it is particularly pleasing to recognise the contribution of ‘home grown talent’ as they step up to take on further responsibilities. These are all strategies that we view as fundamental to delivering on our strategic ambitions as a company – offering clients a broad and diversified choice of attractive opportunities, run by management teams committed to high conviction, active management.”