Aberdeen Asia Pacific and Japan Fund Accumulation Shares

Hugh Young
Located in: Singapore

Hugh Young is managing director of Singapore-based Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited ('Aberdeen Asia'), which he set up in 1992 as the Group's Asia-Pacific headquarters. He is also a member of the executive committee responsible for day-to-day running of its parent company, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, and Group head of equities. Aberdeen Asia looks after all the Group's regional funds. Domestic funds are additionally run from offices in Sydney,Australia and Bangkok,Thailand, over which he is also in overall charge, in the latter case as CEO. In addition there is a sales office in Hong Kong. In January 2002, Hugh became Group head of emerging markets, having responsibility for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America, as well as Asia. Hugh has over 23 years' experience in fund management and has managed the Group's Asian assets since 1985, including award-winning mutual funds and closed-end funds. He holds a number of outside directorships and is a regularly sought for his comments by the financial media. Before joining Aberdeen his career included posts at Fidelity International and MGM Assurance. He graduated with a BA (Honours) degree in politics from Exeter University in the United Kingdom.