Robert was appointed Head of Investments in 2009 and has been a Portfolio Manager since joining OC Funds Management in 2001. Robert is also an Executive Director of parent company, Copia Investment Partners.

He is responsible for the portfolio management of the OC Premium Small Companies, Dynamic Equity and Micro-Cap Funds. Since joining OC as a Portfolio Manager, Robert has focused on the small and mid-cap segments of the market and has been instrumental in developing the investment process and procedures of the investment team.

Prior to OC, Robert was a Senior Research Analyst with Austock Group specialising in small and mid-cap industrial companies. Robert also spent time in the derivatives divisions at UBS in London and Rabobank in the Netherlands.