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Oliver Close

Senior Vice President, Director, EMEA Client Service

Oliver joined Acadian Asset Management (U.K.) Limited in 2015 and is the Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Client Service, overseeing client service efforts across Europe and personally servicing some of Acadian’s largest European investors and consultants. Further, as a leader on Acadian’s Responsible Investing Committee, Oliver also advances Acadian’s ESG efforts from the client and consultant side. Prior to this role, he was Director of Acadian’s UCITS Funds.

Before joining Acadian, he worked in institutional relationship management with Russell Investments Limited, focusing on some of the firm’s largest institutional clients. Oliver earned a B.A (Honours) in economics from the University of Leicester.

He is CFA charterholder, member of the CFA Society United Kingdom and holder of CFA U.K.’s Investment Management Certificate (IMC).

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