Phil is managing director, and a senior portfolio manager heading the RBC Emerging Markets Equity team at RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. Prior to joining the firm in 2009, he was head of Global Emerging Markets at the asset management division of a large European bank. Phil was previously based at another global financial services firm in Zurich for four years as director and head of Emerging Markets and Asia in their multi-asset class division. His experience also includes managing global emerging markets, Asian, Latin American, and U.S. portfolios for nine years at a sovereign wealth fund. Phil started his career in the investment industry in 1992.