Global Emerging Markets

Dafydd Lewis, CFA

Portfolio Manager & Analyst

21
Years industry experience
2021
Joined Polen
London, UK
Polen office

Dafydd is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst on Polen Capital’s Global Emerging Markets Team. Prior to joining Polen Capital in 2021, Dafydd was an Emerging Market Portfolio Manager at LGM Investments, overseeing the firm’s Frontier Markets strategy and being a member of the Investment Leadership team. Dafydd began his career at HSBC in 2003 and has been involved in Emerging Markets investing since 2005. He earned a BSc in Economics (Hons) from the University of Bath. Dafydd is a CFA® charterholder.

BSc in Economics (Hons) from the University of Bath

Spending time with the family, playing golf, and watching rugby

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