Prandhana Naidu. Source: Stonehage Fleming

Within the £3.8bn ($4.8bn) Global Best Ideas Equity Strategy (GBI), Stonehage Fleming Investment Management (SFIM) has named Prandhana Naidu as a senior analyst for equities research.

Naidu was previously employed by Melville Douglas Investment Management, where she worked as a co-fund manager and senior global stock analyst. She has worked in the investment field for over a decade.

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With a focus on the consumer and industrial sectors, amid others, Naidu is based in London and will be reporting to Gerrit Smit, head of global equity management.

Smit commented: “Pran has significant experience at a senior level working on global equity mandates very similar to our own and will be able to hit the ground running as part of the team supporting the Global Best Ideas Equity Fund. Pran has demonstrated throughout her career her ability to add value through high quality company and industry research and we are pleased to welcome her into the GBI team.”

Naidu added: “The Global Best Ideas Equity Fund has a stellar track record stretching back more than 10 years and it is exciting to consider the investment opportunities that lie ahead given generationally powerful themes within areas such as artificial intelligence and healthcare. I am delighted to contribute to a strategy seeking to invest in the very best companies around the world and look forward to working with such a talented and experienced team.”

Moreover, last month, Stonehage Fleming also appointed Cora Binchy as head of fiduciary.

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The fiduciary businesses in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Switzerland, Monaco, Malta, and Mauritius will be supervised by Binchy in her role as head of fiduciary.

In 1987, Binchy became a member of Stonehage Fleming. With her vast experience, she has served as an executor and trustee for numerous worldwide high net worth families.