Skagen Funds has appointed Johan Swahn as a new portfolio manager for the €5.6 billion Skagen Global fund team, effective from 10 March 2014.

In his new role, Swahn will work alongside Kristian Falnes, Soren Milo Christensen and Chris-Tommy Simonsen on the Norwegian group’s global equity fund.

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With over 13 years of investment experience, Swahn joined Skagen from Stena AB in Gothenburg, where he worked since 2008 as an investment manager on its global, long-only mandate.

Prior to this, he served as a sell-side analyst at Morgan Stanley, Handelsbanken and UBS Warburg.

Kristian Falnes global lead portfolio manager Skagen said: "He brings valuable experience to the team with wide-ranging analytical and investment expertise across a diverse range of sectors and geographies."

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