Martin Currie hires non-exec director for Asia trust

Also works at Lombard Street Research

Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained trust has appointed Lombard Street Research strategist Martin Shenfield as a non-executive director.

Shenfield (pictured) was appointed non-executive director on the £99m trust, managed by Andrew Graham, on 11 November. He will continue to work as a senior macro strategist at Lombard Street Research, and has held a variety of senior CIO and CEO positions, after spending nine years working for Fidelity. Martin Currie long/short manager eyes commodities after sell-off Harry Wells, chairman of the trust, said: "We are very pleased to welcome Martin Shenfield as a director of the company. "He has a wealth of experience within the investment industry and strong specialist knowledge o...