Palmer has joined Barings from KBC Asset Management where he was senior asset manager and head of Asia ex-Japan equities.
During his tenure at KBC he was responsible for the management of approximately €1bn within institutional and retail funds across a spectrum of regions and themes.
He will be reporting to Roberto Lampl, head of global emerging markets, who said: "Emerging markets are a core focus for our business and his [William’s] deep investment expertise in Asian equity markets and ability to analyse and assess Asia within a broader global context will contribute strongly to our GEMs strategy."
The Baring Global Emerging Markets fund has $1.7bn assets under management.
