Brian Ashford-Russell – Fund Manager/Founder

Brian was head of the technology team at Henderson Global Investors (and prior to that Touche Remnant) from 1987 until his resignation in September 2000 to set up Polar Capital. He has been the appointed fund manager of Polar Capital Technology Trust plc, previously named Henderson Technology Trust and its predecessor TR Technology, since TR Tech’s launch in 1988. He also managed the Henderson Global Tech Unit Trust from its launch in 1984 to 1996 as well as co-managing the Seligman Global Tech and Mackenzie Universal Science & Tech funds.

Tim Woolley – Fund Manager/Founder

Tim began his career as a systems analyst for two leading financial service companies. He then joined Prolific as a trainee US fund manager in 1987 and was promoted to lead manager of the technology fund in 1993. He joined Henderson’s technology team in 1996 and launched the Henderson Horizon fund that focused on small and mid cap companies. Tim left with Brian to establish Polar Capital Partners in 2001.

Ben Rogoff – Fund Manager

Ben has been a technology specialist for eight years having begun his career in fund management at CMI as a global tech analyst. He moved to Aberdeen Fund Managers in 1998 where he spent four years as a senior technology manager prior to joining Polar Capital in May 2003. He is responsible for the management of Polar Capital’s US technology portfolios.

Craig Mercer – Fund Manager

Craig has over seven years’ fund management experience. He joined Scottish Equitable (later Aegon) in 1997 after gaining an economics degree from York University. Prior to joining Polar Capital in 2002, Craig was responsible for the Aegon Japan OEIC. He now focuses on Japanese technology stocks working closely with the Polar Capital Japan team.

Nick Evans – Fund Manager

Nick recently joined Polar Capital and has 8 years experience as a technology specialist. He was previously Head of Technology at AXA Framlington where, since August 2001, he had been lead manager of the AXA Framlington Global Technology Fund and the AXA World Fund (AWF) - Framlington Global Technology. Prior to this he spent three years as a Pan European Investment Manager and Technology Analyst at Hill Samuel Asset Management. He started his career as an IT graduate trainee at Lloyds TSB. He graduated from Hull University with a degree in Economics with Business Economics in 1994.

Fatima Iu – Analyst

Fatima joined Polar Capital in April 2006 after working as an analyst with Citigroup asset management for 18 months. She graduated from Imperial College London in 2002.