Global Equities team

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The Global Equities team is headed by Mark Hawtin, who has over 40 years of investment experience. Mark joined Liontrust in 2024 to create the Global Equities team along with David Goodman, Kevin Kruczynski and Pieran Maru, with Vanessa Sinclair joining in 2025. The five managers run a range of long-only and long/short equity funds. Ewan Thompson and Tom Smith joined Liontrust in 2019 and manage funds investing in emerging markets and Japan.

Global Equities

Mark Hawtin Mark Hawtin is Head of the Global Equities team. Mark joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM where he was an Investment Director running global long only and long/short funds investing in the disruptive growth & technology sectors. Before joining GAM in 2008 he was a partner and portfolio manager with Marshall Wace Asset Management for eight years, managing one of Europe’s largest technology, media and telecoms hedge funds. Mark Hawtin previously spent seven years at Enskilda Securities, initially as head of sales, before taking responsibility for the international equity business, overseeing pan-European research and trading activities and around a quarter of the investment banking staff. Read more

David Goodman David Goodman is a Fund Manager in the Global Equities team. David joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM where he was responsible for applying technical analysis to assist with portfolio construction and risk management. Between starting his career trading equity derivatives for Citigroup and joining GAM in 2009, he has held numerous senior positions at such companies as SEB, Marshall Wace, Instinet Alpha and Pali International. David Goodman has passed the Securities Association, General Registered Representative examination and has passed the Society of Technical Analysts diploma exam thus is a full member of the Society of Technical Analysts (MSTA). Read more

Kevin Kruczynski Kevin Kruczynski is a Fund Manager in the Global Equities team. Kevin joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM where he managed both Global and US Equity portfolios. He joined GAM Investments in 2016 from THS Partners, a global equity investment firm and a long-standing sub-advisor of GAM’s oldest global equity strategies. Prior to that, Kevin spent two years at Cazenove Capital and in 2001 he worked for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, where he supported the charities team. Kevin holds a degree in Banking and International Finance from City University and is a CFA charterholder. Read more

Pieran Maru Pieran Maru is a Fund Manager in the Global Equities team. Pieran joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM where he covered software and hardware companies in GAM’s Global Equity team. Pieran initially joined GAM’s compliance team in 2017, before moving to the Global Equity team in 2021. Pieran holds a BA in Materials Science from the University of Oxford, the Investment Management Certificate (IMC), Certificate in ESG Investing and has passed CFA Exam Level 1. Read more

Ewan Thompson Ewan joined Liontrust in October 2019 as part of the acquisition of Neptune Investment Management, where he started his investment career. Prior to joining Neptune in 2006, he worked as an editor for Yale University Press. Read more

Thomas Smith Thomas joined Liontrust in October 2019 as part of the acquisition of Neptune Investment Management, where he started his investment career. Thomas has a Master’s degree in Chemistry from Oxford University. Read more

Vanessa Sinclair

Vanessa Sinclair is a Fund Manager on the Global Equities team at Liontrust, which she joined in 2025 from GAM, where she led the Equity Investment Specialist group. Prior to GAM, she managed equity product at 1859 Capital, a collaborative multi-asset hedge fund.

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Global Equities team

GF Global Alpha Long Short Fund

The Fund seeks to deliver capital appreciation over the long term by taking long, synthetic long and synthetic short positions, primarily in global equities and equity related derivatives.

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Global Equities team

Balanced Fund

The Liontrust Balanced Fund is managed by Mark Hawtin and Kevin Kruczynski. The Fund aims to generate capital growth over the long term (5 years or more) with the potential for income through investing in global equities and bonds.

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Global Alpha Fund

The Liontrust Global Alpha Fund is managed by Mark Hawtin and Pieran Maru. The fund managers aim to deliver Alpha (i.e. capital growth in excess of the MSCI AC World Index) by running an actively managed portfolio and investing in securities using a combination of economic, industry and stock specific analysis irrespective of a benchmark index.

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US Opportunities Fund

The Fund seeks to identify companies that will be the beneficiaries of digitalisation in the US and invest across three different categories of these beneficiaries: the disruptors, embracers and enablers.

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India Fund

The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across the economy in India.

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Emerging Markets Fund

The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across emerging markets economies.

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Latin America Fund

The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across Latin American economies.

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Japan Equity Fund

The Fund seeks to identify Industry Leaders via a sector-by-sector analysis process, investing in companies that dominate their global industry. These stocks have exposure to faster growing regions, such as emerging markets.

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China Fund

The Fund seeks to invest in Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across the economy in China.

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Russia Fund

The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across the economy in Russia.

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GF Global Alpha Fund

The Ireland-domiciled and Article 8 Fund is managed by Mark Hawtin and Pieran Maru. The fund managers aim to deliver alpha (capital growth in excess of the MSCI AC World Index) by running an actively managed portfolio and investing in securities using a combination of economic, industry and stock specific analysis irrespective of a benchmark index.

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