Davide Basile

Davide Basile is the Portfolio Manager. He is supported by Justin Craib-Cox, Akash Kanda, Georgi Dodov & Uday Sikand. Davide Basile was previously Head of Convertible Bonds and the lead portfolio manager for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He was an employee at Morgan Stanley since 2001 working both within Private Wealth Management and the Investment Management. From 2005 until he left in November 2009 Davide was responsible for the management of the convertible bond accounts including the Luxembourg SICAVs and the instutional convertible bond accounts.From 2003 to 2005 Davide worked with Randall Curtis on the convertible bond funds that had been launched in 2002. Davide was the number two on the funds and was responsible for portfolio management and risk management. Prior to this Davide worked within the client strategy group at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management where he was involved in the use of derivatives for portfolio protection. In 2005 Davide spent 3 months away from Morgan Stanley when he left with Randall Curtis to join a boutique before he was recruited back to the firm to be Head of Convertible Bonds. From 1998 Davide worked in Riyadh as a project manager in the telecommunications industry.Davide graduated from Imperial College where he gained a degree in Material Science Engineering. He spent his childhood in San Francisco, Rome and Tanzania before being educated in the UK. He is an American and Italian passport holder.