He will work with Stephen Thariyan, global head of credit, and Phil Apel, head of fixed income.
Formerly partner and head of global and emerging credit at Thames River Capital, Drew managed £1.5bn of which £750m was in emerging market credit.
He resigned from the company at the end of 2012, during the integration between F&C’s high yield team and Thames River's credit team after F&C’s acquisition. Prior to this, he gained experience at JP Morgan Chase and Tudor Capital.
According to Thariyan, Henderson is focusing on expanding the scale of its fixed income franchise globally.
“During 2014 we plan to hire an investment team specialising in emerging market credit to support Steve. This will give us the background to launch products in the area,” he said.
