Stonehage Fleming Investment Management (SFIM) has appointed Prandhana Naidu as a senior equity research analyst within the flagship £3.8bn Global Best Ideas Equity Strategy (GBI).
Naidu, pictured below left, joins from Melville Douglas Investment Management, where she was a senior global equity analyst and co-fund manager. In total, she has well over 10 years’ investment industry experience.
Based in London, Naidu, who has particular expertise in consumer and industrial sectors, amongst other sectors, will report into Head of Global Equity Management Gerrit Smit, the company said
Stonehage Fleming Equity Management is a growth equity boutique and sits within the wider Stonehage Fleming Investment 
Management business based in London. Its flagship strategy, the Stonehage Fleming Global Best Ideas Equity Fund, was launched in August 2013 by Gerrit Smit. It currently has around £2.1bn of assets, with a further £1.7bn managed under the same model in segregated accounts.
Gerrit 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.”
