Mark Pearson, ACA, CFA

Co-Founder and Head of Portfolio Management (London)

Mark co-founded Arcus in 1998. He previously managed portfolios of Japanese equities at Kleinwort Benson Investment Management in Tokyo and at Buchanan Partners in London and is a fluent Japanese speaker. After graduating from Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge) with an MA in Economics in 1981, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand accountants in London before working as a Japanese equity analyst alongside Peter Tasker at Kleinwort Benson Securities in Tokyo between 1986 and 1989.