Dhananjay Phadnis

Dhananjay started his investment management career in 2001 as an Equity Research Associate at JP Morgan India covering automobiles, oil and gas and petrochemicals sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Pune University in India and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Finance) from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. He is also a Chartered Accountant and a CFA Charter holder. Dhananjay joined Fidelity as an investment analyst in Mumbai in 2004. In September 2006, he was transferred to Hong Kong. Between 2004 and 2009, Dhananjay went through various sector rotations in line with Fidelity’s proven career path and covered regional telecommunications, consumer discretionary, industrials and materials sectors from Fidelity’s Mumbai and Hong Kong offices. In January 2006, Dhananjay became the sector leader for the Asian cyclicals team and in September 2006 he took over as the sector leader for the Asian telecoms and utilities team. In 2009, he became a Director of Research (DoR) for Asia ex Japan. As DoR, Dhananjay was responsible for mentoring and guiding Fidelity’s team of research analysts based in various offices in the Asia ex Japan region. He was appointed full-time Portfolio Manager in 2011.Dhananjay started managing funds in April 2008 when he was appointed the portfolio manager for the Luxembourg-registered FF Indonesia Fund (SICAV). After demonstrating strong managerial abilities with this portfolio, on 14 February 2011 Dhananjay was assigned a regional pilot, the Fidelity Asia Pacific ex-Japan Pilot, to let him build his broad regional track record. He was introduced into the PM Academy, Fidelity’s program that aims to groom future portfolio managers on portfolio construction and risk management skills.Dhananjay was assigned the UK-domiciled Fidelity Emerging Asia Fund (OEIC) on 1 November 2013, the Japan domiciled FIJ IT Asia Equity Fund on 1 April 2014 and the Luxembourg-domiciled FF Asia Focus Fund (SICAV) on 2 March 2015.