Francis Brooke

Francis is the Investment Director and is responsible for Troy’s UK Equity Income Strategy. He is the Co-Manager of the Trojan Income Fund and Troy Income & Growth Trust. He joined Troy in June 2004 and launched the Trojan Income Fund later that year. He was appointed manager of Troy Income & Growth Trust in July 2009. Francis began his career in 1986 at Kleinwort Benson Securities and then joined Foreign & Colonial Management Ltd in 1989, where he was appointed Director in 1995. From 1997 to 2004 he worked for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers as a Director, managing over £1.5 billion of UK Equities. Francis gained his MA in Politics from Edinburgh University and holds the ASIP qualification. He is an Associate Member of the CFA Society of the UK.