Canadian national, 30+ years experience in emerging capital markets. Ian co-founded First Geneva Capital Partners in 2012. Prior to this, Ian was based in London for 15 years; as a senior Portfolio Manager at the hedge fund Argo Capital, the head of emerging markets at ING Barings, a vice-president at Banco Santander and a proprietary trader at Banco Bozano, Simonsen S.A. He was previously based in Tokyo as an investment analyst at the Sanwa Bank and started his career in 1989 in Helsinki with the industrial group Kone, financing trade between Finland and the Soviet Union. Ian holds an MSc in Finance from the London Business School, University of London and undergraduate Economics and Finance degrees from the University of Regina.