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European Equity fund manager for 20 years (mainly at Columbia Threadneedle) managing both long only and equity long/short funds. Investment advisor to a single family office and co-invests in all hedge funds investments. Both families have been investing in hedge funds for over 10 years with investments across all major strategies with an objective of low volatility, and uncorrelated and consistent returns in all market conditions. Currently also an independent member of the Investment Committee of a UK Small & Mid-Cap fund.

Polina is Head of BlueBay Emerging Markets and BlueBay Senior Portfolio Manager. In addition to oversight of investments across all EM strategies, Polina is also a lead portfolio manager for several flagship funds in EM sovereign, credit and local markets, including long only and alternative products. Polina started her career in emerging markets after the Russian financial crisis in 1998 and has, since then, gained expertise across a broad range of emerging market financial assets. Polina joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in July 2005 from UBS where she was a credit analyst in EM corporate research. Her role encompassed coverage of EM issuers as well as research support for primary issuance of corporate debt. Prior to this, Polina was with Alliance Capital where she was an emerging markets equity analyst and then moved on to pioneer emerging markets quantitative research at the firm. She started her career in a macro research boutique in Russia. Polina holds an MSc (Hons) in Finance from the People's Friendship University of Russia, Moscow and is a CFA charterholder. 

Igor founded Alphidence Capital Ltd in 2020 and holds the positions of CEO and CIO. Previously Igor was the CIO for ADG Capital Management LLP from 2013 to 2019. Prior to that he spent 9 years at IPM Informed Portfolio Management AB where he was a Partner and Head of Portfolio Management and Research. Before this, Igor co-founded St. Petersburg Capital, an asset management firm that specialised in the Russian securities market, and later Unibase Invest, a managed futures business based in Tel Aviv. Igor graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1986 where he obtained a Master’s degree in Computer Science (Diploma with Distinction).

Amadeo is an Investment Manager in the Systematic Equities team. Before joining Jupiter, Amadeo worked at Merian Global Investors and at Old Mutual as a portfolio manager and head of research. Prior to this, he worked for the Financial Stability Group at the Bank of England, developing simulation models for systemic and liquidity risk. Before this, he was a software developer for CAD systems and robotic applications. He began his investment career in 2005. Amadeo has a BEng in robotics, an MSc in computer science, and a PhD in computational finance. He is a CFA® charterholder.