Investment teams
Japan
About the team
Polar Capital established the Japanese team in 2001 when James Salter joined from Bonfield Asset Management. The team was strengthened in London by the addition of Gerard Crawley in 2005, and further enhanced by the addition of Toshio Konishi and Masahiko Komatsu, both of whom joined Polar Capital in 2006 from Schroder Investment Management in Tokyo.
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James Salter – Fund Manager |
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James has over 19 years of investment experience. He began his career at Foreign & Colonial where he was promoted to an assistant fund manager prior to leaving to join Martin Currie to take joint responsibility for the Japanese funds in the capacity of a director. Prior to establishing the Japanese franchise at Bonfield, which he transferred to Polar Capital, he was the Senior Fund Manager of the Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc.
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Gerard Cawley – Fund Manager Gerard gained five years experience in Japanese equities as an assistant fund manager at Schroder Investment Management prior to joining Polar Capital in January 2005. Gerard is focusing on the technology sector and is based in the
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Toshio Konishi – Head of Research, Tokyo |
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Toshio has 18 years experience in Japanese equities. He joined Polar Capital in November 2006, from Schroder Investment Management in Tokyo (1995-2006), where he was a director and senior analyst for the Japan team. Prior to that he was an analyst at Swiss Bank Corp (1992-1995), and Yamaichi Securities (1989-1992).
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Masahiko Komatsu – Analyst, Tokyo |
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Masahiko has nearly 10 years experience in bottom-up research of Japanese equities. He joined Polar in December 2006 from Schroder Investment Management where he was a senior analyst responsible for coverage of predominantly domestic sectors of the economy (including large and mid cap stocks). Prior to this he was an analyst at Prudential Asset Management (1997-2000). He earned an MBA (part time) from Graduate School of Commerce,
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