John Pickard

John joined Martin Currie as head of investment in October 2010， assuming a position on the executive， and， subject to the normal approvals， the main board. He came to us from UBS Global Asset Management in Zurich， where he was managing director， European head of equities， and a member of the UBS Global Asset Management equity-management team. There John was responsible for all equity capabilities based in Europe， managing around 80 people and £15 billion of assets. His previous positions with UBS included EMEA head of equities （also in Zurich）， senior global equity portfolio manager （in London） and head of Asian equities （based in Tokyo）. Earlier， John held a variety of senior roles at UBS subsidiary Phillips & Drew， where he began his investment career as a graduate trainee in 1988.