The Multi-Asset team

John joined Liontrust in 2013 as Head of Multi-Asset. He was previously the Director of Multi-Manager Investment at Henderson Global Investors, where he was responsible for portfolio construction and fund selection of a range of portfolios totalling over £650 million. Prior to Hendersons, John was responsible for the launch and ongoing management of the portfolio management service at Rothschild Asset Management. In 2005, John founded North Investment Partners. John is one of the most high profile multi-asset managers in the UK retail market.

James, who has 17 years of investment experience, joined Liontrust in February 2021 as Deputy Head of the Liontrust Multi-Asset team. James joined Liontrust from Momentum Global Investment Management, where he spent 14 years and was most recently Director of Investment and led the global investment team and solutions strategy. He was previously a portfolio manager at Avebury Asset Management and an assistant fund manager at NW Brown Group.

Paul joined Liontrust in 2013. He has managed discretionary portfolios and multi-manager funds for more than 30 years. He was instrumental in setting up Investment Manager Selection Ltd (IMS) and the subsequent growth of the business. In 2008, IMS was bought by BNP Paribas and re-named Fundquest, with Paul being responsible for the management of IMS funds and client funds, including for Aviva Investors. In March 2011, Paul was appointed Head of Fund Selection and Multi-Manager at Liverpool Victoria Asset Management (LVAM). Paul has also managed discretionary portfolios and services at Capel Cure Myers, Sun Life Portfolio Counselling Services (AXA Sun Life), Christie Group Investment Management and Spencer Thornton Investment Management Services.

Mayank joined Liontrust in October 2020. He most recently spent 3 years as a Senior Investment Manager at Architas responsible for the Diversified Real Asset Fund and the Blended Range with research coverage for Macro, Fixed Income and Alternatives. Prior to this he spent 10 years at Russell Investments in both London and Sydney, responsible for the Russell Real Assets Fund, Deputy on the flagship Russell Multi- Asset Growth Fund and had research coverage for global equities. He also has experience in LDI portfolio management for Russell’s Fiduciary clients. Mayank has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) in Finance and Actuarial Studies from the UNSW Business School, Sydney. He is a CFA charterholder.

Jen joined Liontrust in October 2020. Prior to Architas, Jen worked at Schroders as an investment writer covering multi-asset funds and the investment group’s more esoteric products. Jen has an MSc in Financial Markets and Derivatives and is IMC qualified. She has 14 years of investment experience.

Shayan joined Liontrust in October 2020. Prior to joining Architas, Shayan spent 2 years at Aon as an investment analyst. Shayan worked with trustees of large pension schemes in setting their investment strategy, including asset allocation, portfolio construction and fund selection. Prior to his time at Aon, Shayan worked in credit risk modelling within the banking sector.  Shayan has a BSc (Hons) in Actuarial Science from Cass Business School, London. He is currently working towards becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).