The Polar Capital European Small Cap Team

Michael joined Polar Capital in 2003 as Operations Manager where he further developed and managed the trade support, investment compliance, performance and risk management functions. He joined the European smaller companies team in 2005 initially as an analyst before being promoted to Portfolio Manager. He became co-lead on the strategy in 2020. 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.

Ali joined Polar Capital in 2007 as part of the Operations team, from 2009 he worked on the Polar Capital Discovery Fund as a macro analyst before joining the European smaller companies team in 2012 where he joined initially as an analyst before being promoted to Portfolio Manager. He became co-lead on the strategy in 2020. Prior to joining Polar Capital, he was with HSBC as a graduate recruit in their Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets division.