Overview

From left to right: Mark Yockey, Charles-Henri Hamker, Andrew Euretig, Rezo Kanovich and Tiffany Hsiao (not pictured)

Team Highlights

The investment team combines the benefits of strong leadership with the creative ideas of experienced research analysts.

  • The portfolio managers are supported by 17 analysts that average more than 16 years of investment experience and have significant experience within their sectors/regions of expertise.
  • The team is supported by a dedicated Chief Operating Officer, who oversees all non-investment related matters so the team can focus on investments.
  • The team is supported by an experienced global trading desk that averages more than 19 years of experience in global markets.
  • The team is located in San Francisco and New York with research offices in London and Singapore.

Investment Process

The team seeks to invest in companies within its preferred themes with sustainable growth characteristics at attractive valuations that do not fully reflect their long-term potential.

Themes

The team identifies long-term secular growth trends with the objective of investing in companies that have meaningful exposure to these trends. The team’s fundamental analysis focuses on those industry leaders with attractive growth and valuation characteristics that will be long-term beneficiaries of any structural change and/or trend.

Sustainable Growth

The team applies a fundamental approach to identifying the long-term, sustainable growth characteristics of potential investments. It seeks high-quality companies that typically have a sustainable competitive advantage, a superior business model and a high-quality management team.

Valuation

The team uses multiple valuation metrics to establish a target price range. The team assesses the relationship between its estimate of a company's sustainable growth prospects and its current valuation.

In-depth Investment Process

 

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  • Mark L. Yockey, CFA
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Global Equity and Non-U.S. Growth Strategies
  • 43Years Investment
    Experience

Mark L. Yockey, CFA, is a managing director of Artisan Partners and a portfolio manager on the Global Equity team. In this role, he is a portfolio manager for the Artisan Non-U.S. Growth and Global Equity Strategies.

Prior to joining Artisan Partners in December 1995, Mr. Yockey was the portfolio manager of the United International Growth Fund and vice president of Waddell & Reed from January 1990 through December 1995. Before assuming responsibility for the United International Growth Fund, Mr. Yockey was an analyst for Waddell & Reed from 1986 through 1989, specializing in the worldwide health care industry and international special situations. Earlier in his career, he was a health care analyst for the State of Michigan Retirement Fund for five years. Mr. Yockey holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in finance from Michigan State University. He completed one year of undergraduate work at the Université d’Aix-en-Provence in France. He also worked for the French bank, La Société Générale. He is fluent in French.

  • Charles-Henri Hamker
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Global Equity Strategy
  • Associate Portfolio Manager
  • Non-U.S. Growth Strategy
  • 34Years Investment
    Experience

Charles-Henri Hamker is a managing director of Artisan Partners and a portfolio manager on the Global Equity team. In this role, he is a portfolio manager for the Artisan Global Equity Strategy and an associate portfolio manager for the Artisan Non-U.S. Growth Strategy. He also conducts research, primarily focusing on companies within the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors.

Prior to joining Artisan Partners in August 2000, Mr. Hamker worked on the European Equities Desk in the New York office of Banque Nationale de Paris. Earlier in his career, he worked in the Paris and London offices of J.P. Morgan. Mr. Hamker holds a bachelor’s degree with a specialization in finance and economics from the European Business School in Paris. He is fluent in French and German.

  • Andrew J. Euretig
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Global Equity Strategy
  • Associate Portfolio Manager
  • Non-U.S. Growth Strategy
  • 20Years Investment
    Experience

Andrew J. Euretig is a managing director of Artisan Partners and a portfolio manager on the Global Equity team. In this role, he is a portfolio manager for the Artisan Global Equity Strategy and an associate portfolio manager for the Artisan Non-U.S. Growth Strategy. He also conducts research, primarily focusing on companies within the industrials and utilities sectors.

Prior to joining Artisan Partners in June 2005, Mr. Euretig was a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. He previously served in the United States Navy as an amphibious operations officer. Mr. Euretig holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley.

  • Rezo Kanovich
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Non-U.S. Small-Mid Growth Strategy
  • 25Years Investment
    Experience

Rezo Kanovich is a managing director of Artisan Partners and the sole portfolio manager for the Artisan Non-U.S. Small-Mid Growth Strategy.

Prior to joining Artisan Partners in October 2018, Mr. Kanovich was a portfolio manager at OppenheimerFunds for the International Small-Mid Cap Strategy from January 2012 through September 2018 and was an analyst for the Global Equity Strategy for six years before becoming a portfolio manager. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kanovich was an analyst at Boston Biomedical Consultants, an investment banker with the Lehman Brothers mergers and acquisitions team and a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Kanovich holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in international economics and finance from Brandeis University and a master’s degree in business administration, dual concentration in finance and health care systems, from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

  • Tiffany Hsiao, CFA
  • Portfolio Manager
  • China Post-Venture Strategy
  • 23Years Investment
    Experience

Tiffany Hsiao, CFA, is a managing director of Artisan Partners and the sole portfolio manager for the Artisan China Post-Venture Strategy.

Prior to joining Artisan Partners in September 2020, Ms. Hsiao was a portfolio manager for Matthews Asia, where she managed the Matthews China Small Companies Fund from 2015–2020 and the Matthews Asia Small Companies Fund from 2018–2020 and also served as co-portfolio manager of the Matthews Asia Innovators Fund from 2018–2020. Before that, Ms. Hsiao was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in Hong Kong and Tokyo with responsibility for Asia Pacific investments with an emphasis on Chinese equities. Prior to that, Ms. Hsiao served as portfolio manager and analyst at Franklin Templeton Investments with responsibility for the Franklin Global Communications Fund. Ms. Hsiao holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a master’s degree in information technology from Carnegie Mellon University.