Fidelity Investment Companies Forum

Marcel joined Fidelity as an analyst in 2014. He initially covered US tech as an MBA intern, before being hired full-time to cover European Software and IT services and thereafter European Aerospace, Defence and Airlines. After a highly rated period in research, Marcel was promoted to Portfolio Manager and he has co-managed the Fidelity European Fund and Fidelity European Trust PLC since August 2020.Prior to joining Fidelity, Marcel worked as an investment banker at Barclays. Marcel holds an MBA (INSEAD), is a CFA charter holder and graduated with a Business Science (Hons) in Finance from the University of Cape Town.

Alex Wright joined Fidelity in 2001 as a research analyst and has covered a number of sectors across the market capitalisation spectrum. He has managed the Fidelity Special Situations Fund since January 2014 and has also been responsible for managing Fidelity Special Values PLC since September 2012. Alex has a BSc (Economics) from Warwick University, where he graduated with First Class Honours, and he is also a CFA Charterholder.

Chris Tennant joined Fidelity in January 2011 as an equity analyst, covering European transportation. In 2012, he rotated onto the London-based Emerging Markets team to cover EMEA and Latin America metals & mining stocks.  In January 2015, Chris was handpicked by EM Equity Team Leader Nick Price to undertake a newly created EM shorting analyst role. Since then, he has worked closely with Nick in identifying opportunities for the short book of the FAST Emerging Markets strategy, before being was appointed as Assistant Portfolio Manager in July 2019. Chris holds a master’s degree in Engineering from Imperial College London.

Dale Nicholls joined Fidelity in 1996 as a Research Associate in our Tokyo office. In 2003, he was promoted to portfolio manager of the Fidelity Pacific Fund and retains management of that fund today, alongside Fidelity China Special Situations PLC. Prior to joining Fidelity, Dale worked at Bankers Trust Asia Securities in Tokyo and as a Market/Business Analyst at Sony Corporation, also in Tokyo. He graduated from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia.

Nitin Bajaj joined Fidelity in 2003 as a research analyst in London. After a very successful and highly rated period in research, he became an Assistant Portfolio Manager in 2007 for the Fidelity Global Special Situations Fund in the UK. He subsequently moved to Mumbai in 2009 to manage Fidelity’s domestic Indian equity funds, before moving to Singapore in 2012 to manage the Fidelity Asian Smaller Companies Fund (SICAV). Since April 2015, he has also managed Fidelity Asian Values PLC utilising the same contrarian value philosophy and approach.

Tom Stevenson is Investment Director of Fidelity Personal Investing, the part of Fidelity Worldwide Investment’s UK business that serves the needs of self-directed investors.

Tom joined Fidelity in March 2008.   He acts as a spokesman and commentator on investments and is responsible for defining and articulating the Personal Investing business’s investment view. Widely quoted in the national press and on radio and television, Tom is an expert on markets, investment trends and themes and on investment funds. He speaks regularly at investment seminars and conferences.

Prior to joining Fidelity, Tom was a financial journalist. He has worked for publications including Investors Chronicle, The Independent and the Telegraph Media Group, where he continues to contribute a column on investment to the Sunday Telegraph.

Born in 1963, Tom was educated at Ipswich School, Durham University and Clark University.

Marianna Hunt is an Associate Director at Fidelity International, where she writes about pensions, retirement planning and inheritance tax for UK investors.

Prior to joining Fidelity, she was a financial journalist and launched The Daily Telegraph’s Millennial Investor column at the age of 24. She has written for major UK publications including The Times, Financial Times, The Spectator and The Independent, and has received multiple awards for her journalism.

Her work focuses on helping readers understand complex financial topics and make informed long-term decisions about their money, from building retirement savings to managing wealth across generations.