Sophia Whitbread

Sophia Whitbread is a Global Financials Analyst at Ninety One since January 2024. Prior to this role, Sophia served as a Portfolio Manager focusing on Emerging Market Equities at Brook Asset Management from June 2021 to November 2023. Earlier experience includes positions at Newton Investment Management, where responsibilities ranged from Emerging Markets from January 2011 to May 2021 to a Global Equity Analyst from September 2005 to September 2010, covering stocks in the Asset Management, Life Insurance, and Banking sectors. Sophia also worked as an Investment Analyst at Baillie Gifford for a short period in 2010 as part of the Long-Term Global Growth team. Academically, Sophia holds an MPhil in Classics with Distinction and an MA in Classics with First Class honors, both from the University of Cambridge.