Laurence is managing director, and a portfolio manager and deputy head on the Emerging Markets Equities team at RBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited. Prior to joining the firm in 2013, she headed the Emerging Markets team of a leading U.K. asset manager. In this role, Laurence was responsible for managing Asian and global emerging market income strategies, and developing quantitative stock selection and environmental analysis models. She began her career in the investment industry 1998 as a quantitative analyst at a major financial services company, where she supported European and global equity portfolio management by developing quantitative models to assist in the portfolio construction and security selection process.