Healthcare Opportunities

About the team

Daniel Mahony and Gareth Powell joined Polar Capital in November 2007, bringing with them 17 years' investment experience. They will be launching their Healthcare Opportunities Fund in December 2007.

Daniel Mahony, Ph.D. – Fund Manager

Daniel has 9 years experience as a sell-side analyst following the healthcare sector. He was most recently senior healthcare analyst at Morgan Stanley, leading a team that covered the European biotechnology, medical technology and healthcare services industries. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he spent two years at ING Barings in New York following the US biotechnology sector. Before moving to Wall Street, Daniel worked as a research scientist for Schering Plough Corporation in California. Daniel recieved his PhD from Cambridge University in 1995 and a first class honours degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University in 1991.

Gareth Powell – Fund Manager

Gareth joined Polar Capital from AXA Framlington, where he was fund manager of the AXA Framlington Biotech Fund. Gareth joined AXA Framlington in 1999 from Exeter College, Oxford University, where he studied Biochemistry. During his time at Oxford, Gareth worked at Yamanouchi, a leading Japanese Pharmaceutical company (later to become Astellas), funded by a grant from the Medical Research Council, and at a variety of academic laboratories. These included the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford and the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, receiving sponsorship for this placement through the Wellcome Trust. He also worked as a research analyst for the lecturer of the MBA with Life Sciences at the Oxford Business School.

Anna Sizova - Analyst

Anna joined Polar Capital in February 2008 after spending two years at Morgan Stanley Equity Research. She was most recently the healthcare analyst covering European medical technology sector. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley she spent five years at Johnson & Johnson, Medical Devices and Diagnostics group, where she performed a number of roles in marketing and finance. Anna holds an MBA degree from London Business School and a degree in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from Moscow State University.