About Us
Portfolio Managers
Crispin Odey
Founding Partner | Portfolio Manager
Feras Al-Chalabi
Partner | Portfolio Manager
Michele Ragazzi
Partner | Portfolio Manager
Nicholas Carn
Partner | Portfolio Manager
James Hanbury
Portfolio Manager
Each Manager employs an individual approach to investing without the limitation of a house style or buy list. However, common to all our Managers is the emphasis we place on the active management of risk, on fundamental analysis, on sentiment analysis and on trading to control volatility.
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Crispin established Odey Asset Management in 1991 and today heads Investment Management and directly manages Odey European Inc. and our global long-only strategy. Prior to founding Odey, Crispin managed the Baring European Growth Trust and Continental European pension funds at Barings Asset Management and Framlington Fund Managers. Crispin graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1980 where he read History & Economics.
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Michele joined Odey in 2007 and manages the Giano Capital funds. From 1992-2007 Michele managed Giano Capital Ltd., and took the funds with him when he set up Newman Ragazzi & Co. Ltd in 1998. Prior to Newman Ragazzi he was with Mediobanca and Deutsche Bank. Michele graduated from Bocconi University, Milan in 1985.
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James joined Odey in October 2008 to launch the Odey UK strategy. From 2006-08 James was a partner and fund manager at ZA Capital, an equity hedge fund founded by a Schroders colleague Zafar Ahmadullah. From 2003-06 James was an equity analyst at Schroders covering the retail and leisure sectors. James graduated from Edinburgh University in 2003 and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Feras joined Odey in 1999 and today manages Odey Continental Europe & Odey Allegra European funds. Previously Feras worked as a European technology analyst and as a general analyst for the Japanese fund at Odey. Feras graduated from Brasenose College Oxford where he read Classics & Modern Languages.
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Nick joined Odey in 2003 and heads up our Investment Strategy. Previously he was managing partner of Parkway Capital LLP and prior to that Senior Vice-President and CIO of Alliance Capital's Global Asset Allocation Group. In 1991, he founded Draycott Partners which was acquired by Alliance Capital in 1996. He is a graduate of Oxford University and the London Business School.
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Vijaya joined Odey in 2008 and runs the Odey Asia fund. Prior to this she managed North Asian equities and an Asia Pacific Absolute Return Fund for Martin Currie and managed an Asian long/short book for Brevan Howard in London. Vijaya graduated from Jesus & Mary College at Delhi University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Accountant.
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Michael joined Odey in September 2009 to work with Simon Todd managing Odey's global strategy. From 2007-09 Michael was an analyst and portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management. From 2003-07 Michael was an analyst at Goldman Sachs. He graduated from Cambridge University with a first class BA in Economics.
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Simon joined Odey in September 2009 to manage Odey's global strategy. From 2000-09 Simon worked for MFS Investment Management managing >$20bn. From 1997-2000 Simon was an analyst at Philips & Drew having trained with KPMG. He graduated from Oxford University in 1995 with first class Honours in Modern History.
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