John Sonnerhed (CFA)

Portfolio Manager at AKO Capital LLP, a multi-billion dollar European long/short equity hedge fund that was nominated by Eurohedge for “Best European Equity Fund over $500 million” award in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2012 (winner in 2012).

Analyst at AKO Capital LLP, a multi-billion dollar European long/short equity hedge fund that was nominated by Eurohedge for “Best European Equity Fund over $500 million” award in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2012 (winner in 2012).

CFRA is the global leader in forensic accounting research, focusing on uncovering under appreciated differences between reported financial results and underlying economic reality. During my time at CFRA, I covered the European Industrial and Healthcare sectors.

• Preparing and presenting monthly and quarterly P&L board reports for Leveraged Loans (LL) and MIB hedge fund departments. • Conducting variance analysis of monthly, quarterly and full year results (LL & SCP). • Cost analysis for prospective fund launches. • Ad hoc analysis for Fixed income department at M&G. • Reporting of fund inflows/outflows and verifying quarterly market movements.

Whilst at johnlewis.com I worked as a Financial Reporting Manager and was responsible for preparing and reviewing the monthly P&L and Balance Sheet and the associated board report. I was also involved in sales forecasting and did analytical work on marketing spend and returned goods costs.

My finance career started at the Carphone Warehouse Finance Graduate Program where my work focused on analysing the income debtor and stock balance sheet accounts for the Swedish subsidiary.