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The Polar Capital European Small Cap Team
The Polar Capital European Small Cap team, with co-managers Michael Vise and Ali Amiri-Garroussi are an experienced team of generalists with deep knowledge of the European smaller companies universe. Michael started at Polar Capital in 2003 before joining the team in 2005 and Ali joined Polar Capital in 2007, before joining the team in 2012.Total AUM (as at 30.09.2024)
2003
Established
38
Combined years of experience
2
Team members
Michael Vise, CFA
Fund Manager
Ali Amiri-Garroussi, CFA
Fund Manager
Michael Vise, CFA
Michael joined Polar Capital in April 2003 as Operations Manager where he further developed and managed the trade support, investment compliance, performance and risk management functions. He joined the European team in October 2005 where he has focused on company research and idea generation. Prior to joining Polar Capital he gained five years' audit and accounting experience with Deloitte & Touche in the Cape Town, San Francisco and Dublin offices.
- Bachelor of Commerce degreePostgraduate Diploma in Accounting, University of Cape Town
- Chartered Accountant and CFA Charterholder
- 21 years
Ali Amiri-Garroussi, CFA
Ali joined Polar Capital in 2007 as part of the Operations team and subsequently from 2009 worked as a Macro Analyst for the Discovery Fund, responsible for global macroeconomic research and analysis with a particular focus on the G10 currency space. He then joined the European team in 2012 as an Investment Analyst with a focus on company research and financial modeling. Prior to joining Polar Capital, he was with HSBC as a graduate recruit in their Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets division.
- BA (Hons) Economics, University of Nottingham
- CFA Charterholder
- 17 years
