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Meet the Manager: Chris Lees, senior portfolio manager, Pendal Global Select Fund

May 26, 2026

Get to know CHRIS LEES, a London-based senior portfolio manager with our affiliate asset manager J O Hambro

ALONG with Nudgem Richyal, Chris is a co-portfolio manager of Pendal Global Select Fund.

J O Hambro is an equities specialist asset manager with international capabilities across Global and International, UK, Europe, Asia and emerging markets.

The Pendal Global Select Fund offers access to a professionally managed portfolio of global shares and the potential for long-term capital growth.

Pendal and J O Hambro are part of Perpetual Group.

In this video, Chris discusses the team’s approach to portfolio management and how they screen new investments.

Learn more about Pendal Global Select Fund: https://pendalgroup.com/global-equities/pendal-global-select-fund

Highlights:
0.37 What type of investor has the fund been designed for?
1.17 How do you approach portfolio management?
1.57 How do you screen new investments?

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Pendal Global
Select Fund


About Chris Lees and Nudgem Richyal

Chris Lees and Nudgem Richyal are senior fund managers of Pendal Global Select Fund. The pair have been working together as investment managers for more than 20 years.

Chris has more than 32 years of investment industry experience. He joined Pendal Group’s UK-based asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) in 2008 after spending 19 years at Baring Asset Management, ultimately as head of its global sector team.

Nudgem has 22 years of industry experience, joining JOHCM with Chris in 2008. He was previously an investment director with the Global Equity Group of Baring Asset Management, where he worked closely with Chris since 2001.


This video has been prepared by Pendal Fund Services Limited (PFSL) ABN 13 161 249 332, AFSL No 431426 and is current at 26 May 2026. It is general information only and is not intended to provide you with financial advice or take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider whether the information is suitable for your circumstances and we recommend that you seek professional advice.

PFSL is the responsible entity and issuer of units in the Pendal Global Select Fund (Fund) ARSN: 651 789 678). PFSL has appointed J O Hambro Capital Management Limited (JOHCML) as the investment manager of the Fund. JOHCML is a wholly owned subsidiary of Perpetual Limited and a related party of Pendal Institutional Limited (PIL). PIL has appointed JOHCML as its authorised representative (Representative number 001280039) under its Australian Financial Services Licence.

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