The Polar Capital Emerging Markets & Asia Team

The Polar Capital Emerging Markets & Asia team, led by Jorry Nøddekær, aims to identify the future ‘Star’ companies that they believe will generate sustainable shareholder value over the medium to long-term. Polar Capital’s emerging markets fund range offers a distinct approach to investing sustainably across some of the world’s most dynamic, fastest growing economies.

Total AUM (as at 31.10.2024)

2018

Established

77

Combined years of experience

5

Team members

Jorry Nøddekær

Fund Manager

Jerry Wu

Fund Manager

Jasper Wright

Fund Manager

Peter Andersen

Analyst

Andy Chen

Head of China Research (Shanghai based)

Aatman Ajmera

Independent Research Consultant (Mumbai based)

Jorry Nøddekær

Jorry joined Polar Capital in June 2018 to set up the Polar Capital emerging markets growth franchise.

Prior to joining Polar Capital, Jorry worked at various firms including Nordea Investment Management, Danske Capital, F&C Investment Management, New Star Asset Management and BankInvest Asset Management.

Academic qualificationsMSc in Economics and Finance, Aarhus University
Industry experience24 years

Jerry Wu

Jerry joined Polar Capital in June 2018. Prior to joining Polar Capital, Jerry was the fund manager of the Nordea Chinese Equity Fund and prior to his tenure at Nordea, Jerry was an equity analyst at Generation Investment Management specialising in China.

Jerry has also worked for BlackRock as a fundamental equity research analyst based in London and the US, specialising in the global consumer and technology sectors. Further to this, Jerry is a native speaker of Mandarin and fluent in English.

Academic qualificationsBSc in Economics, Peking UniversityMSc in Management, London Business School
Professional qualificationsCFA Charterholder
Industry experience14 years

Jasper Wright

Jasper joined Polar Capital in June 2023 as a Fund Manager in the Emerging Markets & Asia team. He previously worked for six years at Federated Hermes in London as an Associate Director on their Global Emerging Markets team. Prior to this, Jasper worked for two years as an Analyst at Aberdeen Asset Management in London and completed a summer internship at Arisaig Partners in Singapore.

Academic qualificationsBSc in Economics, University of St Andrews
Professional qualificationsPassed CFA Level 1
Industry experience10 years

Peter Andersen

Peter joined Polar Capital in April 2018. Prior to joining Polar Capital, Peter worked for Nordea Asset Management as an analyst on their Emerging Markets team and prior to his tenure at Nordea Asset Management he worked as a junior sell side analyst for Jyske Bank in their corporate bonds team.

Academic qualificationsMSc in Economics and Management, Aarhus University
Professional qualificationsPassed CFA Level III
Industry experience12 years

Andy Chen

Andy joined Polar Capital in June 2018. Previously, Andy was a portfolio manager at Laxey Partners Ltd, having joined the firm in 2008. During his tenure at Laxey, Andy specialised in Chinese and China-related equities. Andy is a native speaker of Mandarin and fluent in English.

Academic qualificationsBSc in Accounting and Finance, Lancaster UniversityMPhil in Real Estate Finance, University of Cambridge
Industry experience16 years

Aatman Ajmera

Aatman has provided investment research and advisory services on Indian equities to Polar Capital’s Emerging Markets and Asia team since April 2023. Previously, he was the co-portfolio manager of the Nordea Asian Stars Fund, having joined the firm in 2019, before which he worked with East Capital in Sweden, focussing on frontier markets. He is based in Mumbai, India.