Kathrine Husvaeg

Kathrine Husvaeg is a Senior Portfolio Manager on Russell Investments’ Emerging Markets Equity Team, based in London. Kathrine was appointed portfolio manager in May 2014 and manages a number of Russell’s emerging markets equity funds. In this capacity she has responsibility for delivering on the funds’ risk and return objectives. Kathrine was previously head of the Emerging Markets research team, leading Russell’s research and evaluation of emerging markets managers globally. In this role, she was responsible for identifying managers that will achieve superior investment performance over time. Since joining Russell in August 2004, Kathrine has focused on Asian and Emerging markets manager research and spent 5 years in Singapore as a senior research analyst prior to returning to London in 2012. Prior to joining Russell, Kathrine was with Standard & Poor’s Fund Research, from September 2000 to August 2004. Initially, she was responsible for the quantitative screening and monitoring of the firm’s mutual fund universes, before moving to do analysis and assessment of mutual funds as part of Standard & Poor’s Fund Management Ratings service in 2001. He completed Bachelor Business Studies, University of Stirling, M.Sc., Investment Analysis, University of Stirling & Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals.