Isaac Thong, CFA, executive director, is a portfolio manager for the Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific (EMAP) Income and Total Emerging Markets strategies within the EMAP Equities team, based in London. He was previously a country specialist for Vietnam and Thailand equities and a member of the ASEAN team within the EMAP Equities team based in Singapore. He joined the Firm in 2013 from Maybank Asset Management where he was a senior investment analyst covering South Asian equities within the commodities space. He began his career in 2009 with ANZ Banking Group as an economic analyst for the Asia ex-Japan region. Isaac obtained a Bachelors of Commerce degree from McGill University and is a CFA charterholder.