Investment Team
Sergej Belozerov, Portfolio Manager and Managing Director, has been investing in stock markets since 1998 and has more than 10 years of analysis and fund management experience in Asian equity markets identifying, appraising and implementing investment opportunities in the region as well as over 3 years of dedicated experience in the Thai market across all sectors. Mr. Belozerov is responsible for the fund's allocation of assets and selects the companies that the fund invests in.
Prior to starting Greyhound Asia Fund in August 2010, Mr. Belozerov was a Co-manager of the Thai Focused Equity Fund at Quest Management, which managed approximately US$ 200 million as of December 2010. During this period, this unlevered fund outperformed the index as well as all known peers. Before moving to Asia, Mr. Belozerov was a Senior Analyst covering Asia at Charlemagne Capital, which managed US$ 6 billion as of July 2008, of which nearly US$ 1 billion was invested in Asia.
Mr. Belozerov earned a German Diplomkaufmann degree from the International School of Management in Germany and is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Belozerov is a German citizen and is fluent in English, Russian and German. He also speaks Spanish and Thai.
Doug Barnett, Risk Manager and Director, has been in Thailand since 1990 and has been investing in the Thai stock market since then. His Thai Focused Equity Fund had tremendous success, beating Warren Buffett over the past 24 years. Mr. Barnett earned a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from Princeton University, and graduated as the top of his class in 1987 from UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management. Mr. Barnett is the risk manager and seed investor of the Greyhound Asia Fund.
Doug Barnett, Managing Director and Founder of Quest Management (questthai.com), is also the largest shareholder and seed investor.
Jason Chen, Operational Manager and Analyst, earned a bachelor's as well as master's degree in business administration with focus in finance and banking from Assumption University in Thailand. Mr. Chen is a Chinese citizen originally from Shanghai. He is fluent in English, Chinese as well as Thai and he is a CFA candidate. Mr. Chen assists Mr. Belozerov in research and analysis, but is also responsible for internal accounting and trade settlement.
Yuya Tezuka, Analyst, earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a CFA and CAIA candidate. Prior to joining Greyhound Capital, he most recently worked as an investment analyst at Central Pacific Bank. He has had prior experience at Merrill Lynch as well as at a commodities firm. Mr. Tezuka is a Japanese citizen. He is a native English speaker and also speaks Japanese. Mr. Tezuka assists Mr. Belozerov primarily in research and analysis, but he also assists with ad-hoc projects.