Mackenzie International Equity Team

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Investing beyond North America, one company at a time.

Working within the opportunity set defined by the benchmark, the Mackenzie International Equity Team’s research determines with conviction what it owns, building portfolios company by company, drawing on the expertise and local knowledge of analysts based in the regions where the team invests.

First-hand research, on the ground.

The team’s analysts are based in Europe and Asia. That proximity supports direct engagement with company management, a deeper understanding of competitive conditions and close evaluation of each business before it earns a place in a portfolio.

Positions reflect conviction and contribution to portfolio risk

Investment decisions are shaped through structured debate across the team, resulting in high conviction holdings where position size reflects the contribution to portfolio risk. Expectations are set before investing and decisions to add, trim or sell follow clear evidence.

Decades of experience investing across the full market-cap spectrum

The team has multiple decades of experience investing in Europe and Asia, uncovering opportunities across the full market-cap spectrum. The result is portfolios built on insights and experience that deliver investors both geographical and market cap diversification. ​

Meet our team

Nick Scott, AIIMR

Managing Director, Co-head of Mackenzie International Equity Team
Mackenzie International Equity Team

Investment experience since 1987

Nick Scott, Senior Vice President, Investment Management, is a Portfolio Manager and Co-head of Mackenzie International Equity Team for the Mackenzie Global Small-Mid Cap Fund. He brings more than 25 years of capital markets experience to his role as Head of Asian Equities.

Before joining the firm in 2014, Nick was Chief Investment Officer - Asia Pacific Equities at a major asset manager in Hong Kong. He has also worked at a Canadian bank and several other asset managers globally, where he held progressively senior/executive roles.

Nick has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business and Finance from the University of Westminster (U.K.) and is an Associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research.

Seamus Kelly, MSc

Managing Director, Co-head of Mackenzie International Equity Team
Mackenzie International Equity Team

Investment experience since 1998

Seamus Kelly, Senior Vice President, Investment Management, is the lead Portfolio Manager and Co-head of Mackenzie International Equity Team.

Seamus joined the firm in 2014. He has more than 25 years of investment management experience in global equities, European equities and multi-asset portfolios. Prior to joining Mackenzie, Seamus worked at two other European asset managers from 1998 to 2008 in various investment management roles, including Senior Portfolio Manager.

Seamus has a Bachelor of Business Studies, Economics & Finance degree from the University of Limerick, a Master of Science degree in Investment and Treasury from Dublin City University and a Diploma in Technical Analysis from the U.K. Society of Technical Analysts.

Ryoichi Hayashi, B.E., M.A., CFA

Assistant Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Mackenzie International Equity Team

Investment experience since 2008

Ryoichi Hayashi brings over 15 years of experience in the investment management industry to Mackenzie and is located in our Hong Kong office. Ryoichi is a co-portfolio manager on the International Small Cap team where he focuses on Asian equities.

Prior to joining Mackenzie in 2018, Ryoichi worked in the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as a research analyst and focused on the Japanese consumer staples and materials sectors. Ryoichi started his career at BlackRock first in Japan and later in Hong Kong, where he worked as a research analyst on the Japanese fundamental investment team, a portfolio manager on the quantitative investment team, and finally as a portfolio manager on the Pan-Asia fundamental investment team.

Ryoichi earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Operations Research from Keio University in Japan, and Master of Arts in International Relations and Economics from Syracuse University in the United States. Ryoichi is fluent in Japanese, English and Mandarin. He is a CFA Charterholder.

Bryan Mattei, BSc,CFA

Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Mackenzie International Equity Team

Investment experience since 2007

Bryan Mattei brings more than 16 years of experience in the investment management industry to Mackenzie and works in our Dublin office. As lead portfolio manager on the Mackenzie International Small Cap Fund and the Mackenzie European Mid-Cap Fund, he is responsible for the overall management of both strategies. He is also a portfolio manager on the Mackenzie Global Small-Mid Cap Fund.

Prior to joining Mackenzie in 2013, Bryan was the Head of Research in Ireland for a global investment firm. Before that, he managed the European and Japanese equity funds at a leading wealth management firm in Dublin.

Bryan earned his Bachelor of Science magna cum laude from Boston College, Carroll School of Management and studied Business, Economics and Social Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. He is a CFA Charterholder.

     

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