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Our people

With more than 340 investment professionals*, Janus Henderson Investors provides access to some of the industry’s most talented and innovative thinkers, spanning equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives, globally. Our investment teams blend insight, originality and precision with rigorous analysis, structured processes and robust risk management. They seek to be at the forefront of anticipating and adapting to change to deliver market-leading, risk-adjusted returns.

* As at 30 September 2021

	Adam Hetts, CFA Global Head of Portfolio Construction and Strategy Adam Hetts is Global Head of Portfolio Construction and Strategy at Janus Henderson Investors. In this role, he leads the Portfolio Construction and Strategy Team that is focused on delivering actionable investment strategy and thought leadership to help clients in all aspects of the investment management process. From 2011 until joining Janus in 2017, he was vice president, senior portfolio strategist with Goldman Sachs Asset Management in New York, leading efforts in the US and Asia Pacific regions. Prior to that, Adam worked with Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies, a proprietary hedge fund, and as a corporate strategist within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant with The Law and Economic Consulting Group in Washington, D.C. Adam earned his bachelor of science degree in finance with a concentration in accounting from Pennsylvania State University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and FINRA Series 24, 7, and 63 securities licenses. He has 17 years of financial industry experience.

	Alistair Sayer Client Portfolio Manager Alistair Sayer is a Client Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors. Alistair joined Henderson in 2005 as an investment director for multi-strategy equities and has served as investment director for global and international equities as well. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for JCF and JCTML funds. Prior to Henderson, he was with J.P. Morgan Asset Management for 10 years, first as a performance analyst and later as a client portfolio manager for global equities. His career started in 1991 as a trainee actuary for Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association. Alistair graduated with a BSc degree (Hons) in mathematics from Plymouth University. He has 26 years of financial industry experience.

	Ben Wallace Portfolio Manager Ben Wallace is a Portfolio Manager of UK equities at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since joining Henderson in 2011 as part of the Gartmore acquisition. Prior to that, he was a senior investment manager at Gartmore. Before coming to Gartmore in 2002, he worked at Deutsche Asset Management, where he managed UK equity funds from 1997 to 2002. Ben graduated with a BCom degree (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh. He has 24 years of financial industry experience.

	David Elms Head of Diversified Alternatives, Portfolio Manager David Elms is Head of Diversified Alternatives and a Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for enhanced index, risk premia, and hedge portfolios. Prior to joining Henderson in 2002, he spent eight years as a founding partner at Portfolio Partners. He was initially based in Melbourne, where he managed derivatives and enhanced index portfolios, and was later seconded to Aviva in London in a corporate strategy role following Aviva’s acquisition of Portfolio Partners. Earlier, he spent three years as associate director at County NatWest Investment Management, Melbourne, where he was responsible for equities and equity derivative trading as well as quantitative research. David received a BCom degree (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has 30 years of financial industry experience.

	Julius Bird, CAIA Director, Product Specialist Julius Bird is Director, Product Specialist at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for alternative and multi-asset strategies. Prior to joining Henderson in 2014, he worked in marketing at Hermes Fund Managers and Pictet Asset Management from 2011. Julius began his career at Fidelity International in 2006. Julius earned an MA in geography from the University of Edinburgh. He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation and has 15 years of financial industry experience.

	Luke Newman Portfolio Manager Luke Newman is a Portfolio Manager of UK equities at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since he joined Henderson in 2011 as part of the Gartmore acquisition. From 2009 to 2011, Luke worked at Gartmore as co-manager on a number of funds. Prior to this, he was a portfolio manager at Altima Partners LLP from 2008 and F&C Asset Management from 2005. He began his career in 2000 with Deutsche Asset Management running high performance retail and institutional mandates. Luke graduated with a BSc degree (Hons) in economics and politics from the University of Warwick. He has 21 years of financial industry experience.

	Mario Aguilar De Irmay, CFA Senior Portfolio Strategist Mario Aguilar De Irmay is a Senior Portfolio Strategist at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2021. He is a member of the Portfolio Construction and Strategy Team focused on asset allocation analytics for the Latin American, U.S. Offshore and Iberian regions. Prior to joining the firm, Mario was an EMEA client relations director at Wells Fargo Asset Management from 2013. He was a director, EMEA client services at Markov Processes International from 2007. Earlier, he was and economic development consultant from 2004 to 2005. He began his career as an external debt operations analyst for Central Bank of Bolivia in 2003. Mario received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Universidad Católica Boliviana and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Syracuse University, Martin J. Whitman School of Management under a Fulbright scholarship. He is a member of the CFA Society of the UK. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). He has 17 years of financial industry experience.

	Matthew Bullock Head of EMEA Portfolio Construction and Strategy Matthew Bullock is Head of EMEA Portfolio Construction and Strategy at Janus Henderson Investors. In this role, he works to extend institutional and intermediary client engagement models to clients across EMEA and leads the London-based portfolio strategist team. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Matthew was an investment director, multi-strategy solutions & thematics at Wellington Management from 2015. Before that, he was director, multi-asset investment strategist at BlackRock from 2011. He held product development roles, first as a product manager/structurer at Ord Minnett Group from 2006 to 2009 and later as product development manager at BT Investment Management (now Pendal Group). Matthew served as head of structured products/fund manager research at Aegis Equities Research from 2005 to 2006. He began his career at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority as a senior analyst in 2003. Matthew received bachelor of economics (Hons) and bachelor of commerce degrees, both from the University of Newcastle in Australia. He has 19 years of financial industry experience.

	Richard Brown, CFA Client Portfolio Manager Richard Brown is a Client Portfolio Manager of European equities at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2015. Richard joined Henderson in 2007 as a product specialist and began working on the Pan-European equities team as an investment specialist in 2009. Richard graduated with a BSc degree (Hons) in mathematics with management studies from Sussex University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). Richard has 14 years of financial industry experience.

	Robert Schramm-Fuchs Portfolio Manager Robert Schramm-Fuchs is a Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for co-managing the Europe Large Cap Long/Short, Concentrated Pan Europe Equity, and European Focus strategies. Robert joined Henderson in 2014 as a European equity analyst. Prior to Henderson, he was with Macquarie’s global alternative energy and utilities research team from 2010. Before this, he was head of the renewables research team at Commerzbank based in Frankfurt. He also worked with BHF Bank and Independent Research covering the solar sector for nine years. Robert received a diploma in international management from Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena. He has 16 years of financial industry experience.

	Steve Johnstone, CFA Portfolio Manager Steve Johnstone is a Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for the top-down overlay and quantitative risk control of the strategies he manages. Prior to this, Steve was a quantitative risk analyst at Gartmore Investment Management until Henderson’s acquisition of Gartmore in 2011. He joined Gartmore in 2000, where he primarily focused on their market-neutral long/short equity funds before moving to the investment risk team. Earlier, he held contract positions at Merrill Lynch, Panmure Gordon, Industrial Bank of Japan, and Baring Asset Management. Steve graduated with a BSc degree (Hons) in natural sciences from Open University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 30 years of financial industry experience.