Philip Best
Chief Executive Officer at Quaero Capital SA
Profile
Mr. Philip Best is a Chairman of the Board & Portfolio Manager at Quaero Capital SA. He is also a Founding Partner of the company.
Mr. Philip E.
Best started his career as a fund manager at Warburg Investment Management in 1983, managing the Mercury European Income Fund.
In 1987, he joined Enskilda Securities as a broker specializing in European small-cap companies.
In 1994, he established and ran the Paris office of The Europe Company Limited, a specialist research-driven European small-cap brokerage (purchased by Jefferies & Co in 2000).
Mr. Philip E.
Best graduated from Oxford University in 1982 and worked in London for six years before moving to Paris in 1988 and then to Geneva in 2003.
He is bilingual in English and French.
Philip Best active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Quaero Capital SA
 Quaero Capital SA Investment ManagersFinance Quaero Capital SA (Quaero Capital) is an independent Swiss specialist fund management firm which was formerly known as Argos Investment Managers SA, founded in 2005 by Cristofer Gelli and Philip Best. Located in Geneva, the firm has additional offices in Zurich, Paris, London and Luxembourg. They have a partnership with Berger Van Berchem (Geneva) and Lloyd George Management (Hong Kong) for whom they distribute their funds. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Former positions of Philip Best
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC | Director/Board Member | 09/11/2021 |
| Mercury Asset Management Plc | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Gadd Wealth Management SA
 Gadd Wealth Management SA Investment ManagersFinance GADD Wealth Management SA is the Swiss asset management subsidiary of Gadd Group in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1989 by Cristofer Gelli and Christer Hegardt as Gadd & Cie SA. They merged with Infinum Pertners in 2006 and became Gadd Infinum SA. Headquartered in Geneva, the firm specializes in providing wealth management advisory services and discretionary account management for domestic and international individual clients, families and entrepreneurs. | Investment Committee Member | - |
Training of Philip Best
| University of Oxford | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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European Opportunities Trust plc
 European Opportunities Trust plc Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous European Opportunities Trust plc is an alternative investment fund, which engages in portfolios. The company was founded on September 28, 1999 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Miscellaneous |
Gadd Wealth Management SA
Gadd Wealth Management SA Investment ManagersFinance GADD Wealth Management SA is the Swiss asset management subsidiary of Gadd Group in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1989 by Cristofer Gelli and Christer Hegardt as Gadd & Cie SA. They merged with Infinum Pertners in 2006 and became Gadd Infinum SA. Headquartered in Geneva, the firm specializes in providing wealth management advisory services and discretionary account management for domestic and international individual clients, families and entrepreneurs. | Finance |
Quaero Capital SA
Quaero Capital SA Investment ManagersFinance Quaero Capital SA (Quaero Capital) is an independent Swiss specialist fund management firm which was formerly known as Argos Investment Managers SA, founded in 2005 by Cristofer Gelli and Philip Best. Located in Geneva, the firm has additional offices in Zurich, Paris, London and Luxembourg. They have a partnership with Berger Van Berchem (Geneva) and Lloyd George Management (Hong Kong) for whom they distribute their funds. | Finance |
| Mercury Asset Management Plc | Finance |
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