Artemis Leading Consumer Brands

Swetha manages Artemis’ Leading Consumer Brands strategy and co-manages the Global Select and Global Focus strategies. She joined Artemis from GAM in September 2023, where she managed the GAM Luxury Brands Fund from 2019 to August 2023. Before GAM, she worked at Alliance Bernstein as a consumer analyst, and previously held roles at Credit Suisse and ESG ratings agency Vigeo in Paris. She began her career as an Asian equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in Singapore. Swetha holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, a Magistère in French from the Sorbonne, and the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing.

Alex is the Head of Global Equities at Artemis and leads the Global Select and Global Focus strategies, also co-managing the Leading Consumer Brands strategy. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in Economics and Social Geography. Alex began his career at Cazenove in 1995, then moved to Newton Investment Management in 1998 to join its global equity team, later becoming the team’s investment leader. He founded and led the global equities division at River & Mercantile Asset Management in 2009, joined JP Morgan Asset Management in 2015 as a managing director, and started at Artemis in March 2023.

Natasha joined Artemis in June 2023 as a fund manager in the Global Select team. She began her investment career at Morgan Stanley in 2006 as an analyst and later joined Columbia Threadneedle Investments in 2008, where she managed portfolios across Asian equities, multi-asset, and global equity mandates, including the Sustainable Outcomes Global Equity fund. Natasha holds a Master's degree in Modern Chinese Studies from Oxford University and a BSc in Economics, Politics, and International Studies from Warwick University. She is also a CFA charterholder, fluent in Cantonese, and conversant in Mandarin and Spanish.