Benjamin Beneche, CFA

Senior Portfolio Manager & Co-Lead, EAFE Equity Pictet Asset Management

Ben Beneche joined Pictet Asset Management in 2008 and is a senior investment manager and co-lead of the EAFE Equity strategy. He has a specific focus on Japanese and Pacific ex Japan equities.

After completing the Pictet Graduate Program in 2009, Ben worked as a junior investment manager in the developed equities team focused on the energy sector. He transferred to the EAFE team as an investment manager in 2012 and become co-lead of the strategy in 2018.

Ben graduated from York University with a first class honours degree in Economics and Economic History. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.


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