Polar Capital Funds PLC - Biotechnology Fund I Inc

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Management
DomicileIreland
Legal StructureOpen Ended Investment Company
UCITSYes
Inception Date31/10/2013
Fund Advisor(s)
Polar Capital LLP
Fund ManagerDavid Pinniger
Manager Start Date31/10/2013
 
Biography
David Pinniger joined Polar Capital in August 2013 as lead manager of the Biotechnology Fund within the healthcare team. Prior to joining Polar Capital, for five years David was portfolio manager of the International Biotechnology Trust at SV Life Sciences. He also previously spent three years working at venture capital firm Abingworth as an analyst managing biotechnology investments held across the firm’s venture and specialist funds, and four years at Morgan Stanley as an analyst covering the European pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sector. David received a first class honours degree in human sciences from Oxford University in 1999 and is a CFA charterholder.
Fund ManagerGareth Powell
Manager Start Date31/10/2013
 
Biography
Gareth Powell joined Polar Capital in 2007 to establish the healthcare investment team. He is joint manager of the Healthcare Opportunities Fund. He joined Framlington in 1999, later becoming a portfolio manager on the Framlington Health Fund. In 2002, Gareth helped launch the Framlington Biotech Fund, which he managed until his departure. Gareth studied biochemistry at Oxford, during which time he worked at Yamanouchi, a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company (later to become Astellas), as well as various academic laboratories including the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Oxford Business School. He is a CFA charterholder.
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