AKO CAPITAL - Key Persons


Andrew Tierney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Portfolio Manager for the AKO Global Fund
Andrew is a Portfolio Manager for the AKO Global Fund. He joined AKO in 2014 from Fidelity and had previously worked at Powe Capital Management and Cazenove.

Angus Lund

Job Titles:
  • Head of Data Science
Angus is Head of Data Science at AKO Capital. Before joining AKO in 2018, Angus was Global Head of the Alternative Data Analysis team within investment research at Morgan Stanley.

Caterina Paolazzi

Job Titles:
  • Head of BAU
Caterina is Head of BAU at AKO Capital. Before joining AKO, Caterina completed a PhD in Linguistics at UCL. She also holds an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from University of Trento and an MA in Linguistics from UCL.

Chris Reinecke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team

Christina Ryan - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Christina is Chief Financial Officer at AKO Capital. Before joining AKO in 2020, Christina worked at Citco Fund Services (Ireland) Limited. Christina has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Cork and is a member of the ACCA.

Dina Guirguis - Chief Compliance Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer
Dina is Chief Compliance Officer at AKO Capital. Prior to joining in 2023, Dina worked at several investment management firms including Balyasny Asset Management, RWC, and Brevan Howard Asset Management.

Ellen Hoyle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Portfolio Manager of the AKO Global Fund
Ellen is a Portfolio Manager of the AKO Global Fund. She joined AKO in 2011 from Barclays Capital and previously worked at CRA Lee & Allen.

Fabien Colussi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst for the AKO Global Fund
Fabien is a Senior Analyst for the AKO Global Fund. He joined AKO in 2018 from Fidelity in London.

Fernando Delgado - CSR

Job Titles:
  • Head of Sustainability
Fernando is Head of Sustainability at AKO Capital. He joined AKO in 2009 from The Children's Investment Fund and had previously worked at Cazenove.

Fiona Xu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst for the AKO European Fund
Fiona is a Senior Analyst for the AKO European Fund. She joined AKO in 2019 from Industrial Equity Partners and previously worked for KPMG.

Frank Walding

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst for the AKO European Fund
Frank is a Senior Analyst for the AKO European Fund. Prior to joining AKO in 2017, he worked at Norges Bank Investment Management and previously at Goldman Sachs and Investec.

Gorm Thomassen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • CIO and Co - Portfolio Manager of the AKO European Fund
Gorm is CIO and co-Portfolio Manager of the AKO European Fund. He has been with AKO Capital since its inception and was previously with Cazenove.

Ioannis Tsiaili

Job Titles:
  • Head of Operations
Ioannis is Head of Operations. He joined AKO in 2015 as a graduate. He has a first-class Master of Engineering with Business Finance degree from University College London and the London School of Economics.

Jakob Mirzabaigian

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst for the AKO Global Fund
Jakob is a Senior Analyst for the AKO Global Fund. He joined AKO in 2022 from Adelphi Capital, having previously worked at New Peak Capital, Bramshott Capital and Goldman Sachs.

John O'Driscoll

John is a Senior Analyst for the AKO European Fund. He joined AKO in 2015 from Zouk Capital and had previously worked at KPMG.

John Sonnerhed

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
John is a Portfolio Manager of the AKO European Fund. He joined AKO in 2013 having previously worked for CFRA (Centre for Financial Research and Analysis).

Jonathan Rodgers

Jonathan joined AKO in 2023 and is a Senior Analyst for the AKO Global Fund. Prior to joining the firm, he founded and was the CIO of Forton Partners and worked at Engadine Partners, Egerton Capital and Goldman Sachs.

Julia Beaver

Job Titles:
  • Head of Market Research
Julia is Head of Market Research at AKO Capital. She joined AKO in 2016 from the global market research firm GfK, and previously worked for BAI Global and The Research Business International.

Jun Ma

Job Titles:
  • Analyst for the AKO European Fund He
Jun is an Analyst for the AKO European Fund He joined AKO in 2021 from Granular Capital and previously worked at EY.

Karina Martin

Job Titles:
  • Analyst for the AKO European Fund
Karina is an Analyst for the AKO European Fund. She joined AKO in 2023 from T. Rowe Price and previously worked in real estate banking before business school.

Maria Ancupova

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Process
Maria is Head of Research Process at AKO Capital. She joined the firm in 2008 while a student at the London School of Economics and was previously an analyst in the AKO European Fund before moving to her current role.

Mark Henwood

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations
Mark is Head of Investor Relations at AKO Capital. He joined the firm in 2017 having previously worked in a similar role at Meditor Capital Management and as an equity analyst at Baillie Gifford.

Mike Yates

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Co - Portfolio Manager of the AKO European Fund
Mike is co-Portfolio Manager of the AKO European Fund. He joined AKO Capital in 2005 and was previously at Cazenove and Morgan Stanley.

Neil Dawson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • Portfolio Manager of the AKO Global Fund
Neil is a Portfolio Manager of the AKO Global Fund. He joined AKO in 2015 from Citi and had previously worked at Deloitte.

Patrick Hargreaves

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Team
  • CEO of AKO
Patrick is CEO of AKO Capital and Portfolio Manager of the AKO Global Fund. Before joining the firm in 2011, Patrick worked at Goldman Sachs, Cazenove and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he qualified as a chartered accountant.

Rebecca Alvey

Job Titles:
  • Analyst for the AKO Global Fund
Rebecca is an Analyst for the AKO Global Fund. She joined AKO in 2020 from Capital Group and previously worked for Berenberg.

Satvinder Ranu - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
Satvinder is Chief Operating Officer of AKO Capital. He joined AKO in the Operations team in 2011 straight out of university. Satvinder has a first-class degree in Economics & Mathematics from the University of Bristol.

Stuart Meldrum

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst for the AKO European Fund
Stuart is a Senior Analyst for the AKO European Fund. He joined AKO in 2015, having previously worked at Fidelity, Och-Ziff Capital Management and BlackRock.

Will Spain

Job Titles:
  • Head of Trading
Will is Head of Trading at AKO Capital. He joined AKO in 2012 as a graduate and has a degree in Economics from the University of Exeter.