Meet the team
The Global Equities team is headed by Mark Hawtin, who has over 40 years of investment experience. Mark joined Liontrust in 2024 to create the Global Equities team along with David Goodman, Kevin Kruczynski and Pieran Maru, with Vanessa Sinclair joining in 2025. The five managers run a range of long-only and long/short equity funds. Ewan Thompson and Tom Smith joined Liontrust in 2019 and manage funds investing in emerging markets and Japan.
Global Equities
Mark Hawtin
Mark Hawtin is head of the Global Equities team. Mark joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM, where he was an Investment Director running global long-only and long/short funds investing in the disruptive growth & technology sectors. Before joining GAM in 2008 he was a partner and portfolio manager with Marshall Wace Asset Management for eight years, managing one of Europe’s largest technology, media and telecoms hedge funds.
David Goodman
David Goodman is a fund manager in the Global Equities team. David joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM, where he was responsible for applying technical analysis to assist with portfolio construction and risk management.
Kevin Kruczynski
Kevin Kruczynski is a fund manager in the Global Equities team. Kevin joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM where he managed both global and US equity portfolios. He joined GAM in 2016 from THS Partners, a global equity investment firm and a long-standing sub-advisor of GAM’s oldest global equity strategies.
Pieran Maru
Pieran Maru is a Fund Manager in the Global Equities team. Pieran joined Liontrust in 2024 from GAM where he covered software and hardware companies in GAM’s Global Equity team.
Ewan Thompson
Ewan Thompson is a fund manager, having joined Liontrust as part of the acquisition of Neptune Investment Management in October 2019. Prior to joining Neptune in 2006, he worked as an editor for Yale University Press.
Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith is a fund manager, having joined Liontrust as part of the acquisition of Neptune Investment Management in October 2019. He has a Master’s degree in Chemistry from Oxford University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Vanessa Sinclair
Vanessa Sinclair joined as a fund manager in 2025, having previously led the equity investment specialist group at GAM. Prior to GAM, she managed equity product at 1859 Capital, a collaborative multi-asset hedge fund.
Funds managed by the team
“Our experience in managing global funds has allowed us to see markets through many different periods. This experience will serve us well as we enter a period when change has never been so dynamic; both through structural disruption as well as geopolitical uncertainty.”
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