Sydney-founded ECP Asset Management has hired Ryan Rajkumar as principal, distribution in order to lead sales efforts in the UK, Switzerland and EMEA.
Rajkumar is the firm’s first hire in the region, and comes as the firm seeks to make its Dublin-domiciled ECP Global Growth fund available to UK investors for the first time.
The strategy, which was first launched in March 2023, is a concentrated global growth fund with a small-to-mid cap bias, with holdings including New York Times, Adobe and Fever-Tree. It has achieved an annualised 28% total return, compared to 24.6% from its MSCI World benchmark since launch to the end of August, according to ECP’s data.
Rajkumar has more than 30 years of industry experience, having spent more than 10 years at Abrdn. He has also held senior distribution roles at Fidelity International, BNY Investments and UBS Asset Management.
ECP, which was founded by Dr Manny Pohl in 2012, currently has £1.5bn in assets under management.
Founder and chair Pohl said: “Ryan brings a strong network of industry contacts within the UK and EMEA region and his vast experience in the local market will play a crucial role as we grow our client base overseas. Aided by top performance, we are experiencing strong demand for our strategies.”
Rajkumar added this is “an exciting moment for ECP as the firm draws on its success overseas and seeks to make its established approach available to clients in key jurisdictions”.
“The new UK government’s growth agenda makes this a timely opportunity for small-to-mid cap companies especially and the ECP Global Growth fund offers investors a differentiated and high-potential mix of quality growth portfolio companies from across the global equity universe.”
