Anton Khmelnitski – Eastern European Equities

Anton was born in Moscow but grew up and received his education in Switzerland. He joined Polar Capital in April 2006, prior to polar, Anton spent more than eight years covering Eastern Europe initially at Pictet & Cie as a fund manager responsible for Eastern Europe and the oil sector for global emerging markets. He spent the past three years as head of equities at Kazimir Partners in Moscow (previously Brunswick Asset Management).

Samir Patel – Latin American Equities

Samir joined Polar in March 2006 from Charlemagne Capital where he was a senior fund manager responsible for the firm’s OCCO Latin America hedge fund strategy and the firm’s Magna Latin America long-only fund. Prior to his appointment at Charlemagne, Samir spent nine years as a senior fund manager at Pictet & Cie specialising in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Bujar Deda – Analyst – Latin America

Bujar joined Polar Capital in April 2006 from FCT Capital Partners where he spent a year as an equity analyst focusing on the Pan-European equities. Prior to this he did an internship programme with EBRD in corporate finance. Bujar holds an MSc from the EDHEC business school in European Business Studies and a BA in Economics from the London Metropolitan University.