Our People

Samir Mehta
Senior Fund Manager, JOHCMAbout Samir
Samir manages our Asian Share Fund, an actively managed portfolio of Asian shares excluding Japan and Australia. Prior to joining J O Hambro, Samir was a Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Silver Metis Capital Management and Chief Investment Officer of Lloyd George Management, where he was responsible for investment processes, a range of institutional Asia Pacific mandates and a team of 20 investment professionals. His formative years were spent as an analyst specialising in India at Peregrine Securities and ANZ Grindlays Bank.
Asian Equities Team
Recent articles by Samir
- The case for investing in Asia right now
- Global equities: How to invest in a slowing China
- Global equities: who will thrive as rates rise
- Global Equities: the case for China stocks
- Global Equities: How to judge a company’s competitive advantage
- Managing volatile times: three tips for investors
- Market volatility: why VEPL is the new HODL
- How investors can manage Omicron uncertainty
- Investing in Asia: The case for Thailand
- Nvidia’s goldmine needs shovel-makers. Here’s one place to find them
- What we learned from OpenAI’s failed coup: don’t bet against capitalism
- Global equities: How to navigate investing in a higher-rates world
- How to assess company management: four tales from Asia
- Global equities: The more AI grows, the smaller the market could be
- There’s opportunity in China stocks if you know where to look
- Global equities: What investors are missing about south-east Asian banks
- Why passive investing isn’t as passive as you may think
- Samir Mehta: Protectionist Indonesia is looking attractive in 2023
- It’s time to change how you think about investing in China
- Ratcheting our holdings in China A shares
- Asian governments with heart starters at the ready
- Asian Paints in India – years of growth ahead
- In a pickle: Kraft Heinz
- Are disruptors doomed as the cycle turns?
- India – caught in the downdraft
- Caution prevails
- Resilience matters: 2 Minute Noodles spring back
- Asian equities: repair and recover
- A quick dinner in Manila
- A touch of the Lemony Snicket’s*
- Asia Update: adapt and adjust
- Words of war vs quality growth
- Isn’t it ironic…
- Asia: what a difference a year makes
- Liking North Asia, for reasons old and new
- Asian portfolio review
- Fresh appetite for an Asian strong man
- A view from Malaysia: It’s hard to crush rubble
- South Korea and Malaysia in focus
- Hand (it) over!

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Key Account Manager NSW NSW
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Head of Responsible InvestmentIncome & Fixed Interest Team
