Man Group appoints Mason to run GLG multi-strategy funds

Man Group has appointed Neil Mason as senior managing director tasked with leading GLG's multi-strategy portfolios.

He will report to Luke Ellis, president of Man Group. Mason joins Man from Harvard Management Company, where he was chief risk officer. Prior to this, he was CIO at FRM Capital Advisors where he helped to establish its investment process and seeding activities. Before joining FCA, Neil was CEO of BlueCrest, and has also held a variety of senior roles at Bank of America and J.P. Morgan. As part of the move, David Kingsley, portfolio manager on the multi-strategy portfolios, will report to Mason and continue in his current role. He will have input on the asset allocation and strategy se...