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Vikas Pershad

Portfolio Manager, Asia Pacific Equities, M&G

Vikas joined M&G in 2019 as a Fund Manager in the Asia Pacific team, having previously worked for Port Meadow Capital Management. Prior to that, Vikas was a Portfolio Manager in UBS O’Connor, most recently in Hong Kong, and previously Chicago. Before this, Vikas held various fund manager and analyst roles in Veda Investment, Hound Partners, TPG-Axon Capital, and Madison Dearborn Partners, based in Hong Kong and United States. He started his career as an Analyst with Merrill Lynch & Co within the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Vikas graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 (Echols Scholar). Vikas also holds a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.

Panoramic view of a the Taiwan coastal skyline with a beach, green park, and circular breakwater structure in the foreground on a sunny day.

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