Based in Hong Kong, Mr Chan will report locally to Michael Dommermuth, president and head of Manulife Asset Management (Asia) and functionally to Boston-based global chief investment officer, equities, Chris Conkey.

Mr Chan joins with more than 16 years of equity management experience, including almost 10 years overseeing equity teams in Asia. His career spans fund management roles at Hambros Fund Management and Baring Asset Management in the UK and more recently chief investment officer of Asian Equity roles at Fortis Investment Management in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

As Head of Equities, Asia, Mr Chan will manage a team of nine Hong Kong-based equity professionals across the company’s Greater China and Asia Pacific equities teams and will oversee a regional team of more than 40 equity portfolio managers and analysts across Asia.

Mr Chan will work closely with the team of almost 40 Beijing-based equity professionals at the company’s joint venture in China, Manulife TEDA Fund Management Company, as well as liaising directly with the company’s equity teams in Europe and North America to feed Asia investment ideas into Manulife Asset Management’s global equity portfolios.

Mr Dommermuth said: “Mr Chan has generated an excellent track record over his career, delivering consistent out performance across Asian strategies under his management. In his new role, he will focus on delivering strong performance in our regional equity strategies and connecting our on-the-ground equity teams across 10 locations in Asia to harness local market intelligence and investment ideas for our regional and global portfolios.”

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