Pawel Szulc (CFA 3 exams passed, ex hedge fund manager)

Charlemagne Capital, London. Co-manager of OCCO EE and manager of GGF fund 2009– January 2015 1. Manager and founder of OGFF (OCCO Global Financials Fund) equity long-short market neutral fund with net returns 2.72% just in 3 months from mid-September 2009 - December 2014 vs. STOXX Europe 600 Index going down by 4.72% at the same time. The fund was replicating the OCCO EE investment strategy, which delivered excellent uncorrelated returns in EMEA space and differentiated itself mainly by unique strict risk discipline proven even in the most volatile EMEA markets (Vol. of MSCI EE is 30%). GGF was liquidated with my departure from Charlemagne Capital. OGFF had a capacity of USD2bn. 2. Co-manager of USD600m OCCO Eastern European equity long-short market neutral fund with annualised net returns since January 2009-2015 of 14% and ex-post vol. of 7%. After taking over role of co-manager from Charlemagne Capital CIO, Sharpe ratio of the fund increased from 1x (2001-2008) to 2x (2009-2014), which granted me status of One of the TOP RATED HEDGE FUND MANAGERS ACCORDING TO EUROHEDGE AND MORGAN STANLEY. Responsible for evaluation of investments proposed by team, position sizing and portfolio risk Providing research coverage of over 50 regional companies, development of relationships with management teams and sell-side analysts, construction and maintenance of valuation models and own long-short idea generation. Charlemagne Capital, London (Asset management - Emerging market specialists) September 2002 – December 2008 Investment Analyst Research coverage of financials and base materials sectors as well as niche areas such as CEE real estate. Support provided to portfolio managers in identification, appraisal and implementation of investment ideas to all regional portfolios. These included the traditional long-only Charlemagne business as well as the equity market neutral (long / short hedge fund) product.