06/09/2010 Author: Shannon Hawthorne

Insparo appoints new chief strategist

Asset management firm Insparo has hired frontier and emerging market veteran Graham Stock as its new chief strategist. 

In this role, Stock will be responsible for generating trading ideas and thematic strategies to capture the opportunities presented by Africa and the Middle East’s high growth potential, as well as shaping Insparo’s top-down strategy in partnership with the firm’s portfolio managers. 

Prior to the move, Stock spent twelve years at JPMorgan in a range of senior roles, leading an expansion of the research output and business activity in frontier markets in Africa over the past three years. 

“With Africa and the Middle East accelerating out of the downturn faster than the vast majority of global markets, there is a wealth of opportunity available for our strategy,” said Mohammed Hanif, chief investment officer at Insparo. 

“Identifying and capturing those opportunities early is the key to making the most out of them,” he continued. “Graham’s firsthand knowledge and experience of emerging markets gives us the best chance of doing that, and he will be essential for the continued success of the fund.”