In this role, Chan will manage a team of nine Hong Kong-based equity professionals across the company’s Greater China and Asia Pacific equities teams and will oversee a regional team of more than 40 equity portfolio managers and analysts across Asia.
He will work closely with the team of almost 40 Beijing-based equity professionals at the company’s joint venture in China, Manulife TEDA Fund Management, as well as liaising directly with the company’s equity teams in Europe and North America to feed Asia investment ideas into Manulife Asset Management’s global equity portfolios.
Based in Hong Kong, he will report locally to Michael Dommermuth, president and head of Manulife Asset Management Asia and functionally to Boston-based global chief investment officer, Equities, Chris Conkey.
Ronald has over 16 years of equity management experience, including almost 10 years overseeing equity teams in Asia. He will join Manulife Asset Management from Pacific Eagle Asset Management where he was deputy chief investment officer.
Ronald’s career spans fund management roles at Hambros Fund Management and Baring Asset Management in the UK and recently chief investment officer of Asian Equity roles at Fortis Investment Management in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Dommermuth said that Ronald will focus on delivering strong performance in the regional equity strategies and connecting on-the-ground equity teams across 10 locations in Asia to harness local market intelligence and investment ideas for the company’s regional and global portfolios.
