Meet the investment team

James McManus
Chief Investment Officer

James joined in 2015 from Coutts. Over the past decade, he has built a reputation as a thought leader in the European ETF and digital wealth sectors, with a depth of knowledge and experience in the conception and delivery of innovative consumer investment products.

He's been voted one of Private Asset Manager’s 'Top 40 under 40' five times between 2017 and 2021, and holds a BSc in International Business from Nottingham Business School, the CFA UK Investment Management Certificate, and the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.

Pacome Breton
Head of Portfolio Management

Pacome has more than 15 years' experience in investment and risk management. He previously worked for a US family office and a large European asset manager, having started his career at Société Générale in Tokyo. He holds an MSc in Quantitative Finance from Bocconi University in Milan and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM). 

Brad Holland
Director of Investment Strategy

Brad is a veteran of over 30 years in financial markets. He started his career as a professional economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia, and now specialises in economic and financial market strategy within investment management. Brad studied post-graduate Quantitative Economics at the University of Queensland. 

Bola Onifade
Portfolio Manager

Bola joined the team in 2023. Previously, she worked as a derivatives portfolio manager covering both liability management and equity overlay portfolios. Before that, Bola worked as a software engineer, building portfolio management and trading functionality across various asset classes. She's a CFA Charterholder and holds the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification. 

Scott Gardner
Investment Strategist

Scott joined us in 2022 from Charles Stanley, with a strong focus on asset allocation and macroeconomic analysis. Before moving to London from New Zealand in 2018, Scott was a portfolio manager covering fixed income and multi-asset mandates. Scott is a graduate of the University of Auckland School of Engineering, holds a Master's in Financial Economics from Massey University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Yang Yang
Investment Analyst – performance and risk

Yang joined the team in 2017. Prior to this, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London. 

Yang is passionate about quantitative financial analysis and optimisation, and works to operate, develop and safeguard our proprietary quantitative investment tools. He holds a PhD degree in Stochastic Analysis for Power Systems Economics from Imperial College London. He is a CFA Charterholder and certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM). 

Giovanni Fazio

Investment Analyst

Giovanni joined in 2023 from Allianz, where he worked as a pricing analyst within the Research and Development department at LV=GI.

Giovanni holds a CFA Investment Management Certificate and an MSc in Mathematical Finance from the University of Birmingham, where he won the Financial Mathematics Prize as best student in the cohort.