Alistair Way
Profile

Job title
Head of Global Emerging Market Equities
Contact details
Work location
London, United Kingdom
Joined Aviva Investors
2018
Joined The Industry
1993
Biography
Main responsibilities
Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Emerging Market Equities, leading a team of nine investors. Analyst of Emerging Market Internet and Technology sectors.
Experience and qualifications
Alistair was formerly Head of Asia and Global Emerging Market Equities at Standard Life Investments (SLI), and a portfolio manager on a number of funds. He joined SLI from Baillie Gifford in 2007 and has 25 years’ experience in the investment industry.
Alistair has a 1st class economics degree from Cambridge University.
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