​Ross joined Martin Currie in 2005 and co-manages our charity portfolios. ​He joined from Aberdeen Asset Management, where he worked for five yea​rs. During his time there, he managed the Murray Income Trust, Jersey Phoenix Trust, Murray Extra Return Investment Trust and The Income & Growth Trust. Before that, Ross worked for Gartmore, where he spent 12 years managing its high-income UK equity portfolios. He has also worked for Dunedin Fund Managers as a UK fund manager. Ross started his investment career in 1983 as a trainee analyst with First Scottish Investment Trust. He has an MA (Hons) in Economics and Economic History from the University of St Andrews.​​​​