John Morton - Chief Executive and Investment Director

John started his City career in November 1977 when he joined Hill Samuel Investment Management Limited. His experience of private client fund management commenced in March 1979 when he left Hill Samuel and became an assistant to the private client director of Schlesinger Investment Management Service Limited, which was acquired by Britannia in 1980. Shortly after, in 1982, he was involved in the establishment of Fraser Henderson Limited, which was a new investment management company established to cater for affluent private clients. Fraser Henderson Limited was acquired by Baltic which is when John assumed responsibility for managing institutional funds. He was responsible for the management of a global equity unit trust and in January 1987 launched a European fund achieving top quartile performance over the five years to July 1992.
Following the acquisition of Baltic by Abtrust in 1987 John joined Abtrust (now Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited) and was made a director of Abtrust Fund Managers Limited the same year. In 1990, he was responsible for the launch of Abtrust New European Investment Trust Plc, which was listed on the London Stock Exchange and raised over £40 million primarily for investment into the emerging markets of continental europe.
In July1994 John left Abtrust and joined Brachers Solicitors to establish an asset management function, which grew to manage over £50 million before being demerged in May 2000 into the Ashcourt Group of which John is the Chief Executive. Since the creation of the Ashcourt Group, group funds under management have grown to in excess of £530 million and the group, incorporating and number of other subsidiary companies, now employs over 80 members of staff.

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