The board of Merian Chrysalis Investment Company has announced that co-manager of the trust Nick Williamson is to take a short period of leave, handing the sole management of the portfolio to Richard Watts.
Williamson is taking leave for family reasons and is expected to return to his role as co-manager of the trust at the end of September. He has worked with the team since 2008, covering a variety of sectors. He was appointed as manager of the Merian UK Smaller Companies Focus fund in 2016, and prior to this acted as deputy manager on both the onshore and offshore UK smaller companies funds since January 2014. Before this he was a sell-side analyst for more than a decade, with a broad range of analytical responsibilities, most recently at Citigroup. Dan Nickols will take on lead ...
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