Mauro Ratto

Co-Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer

Mauro Ratto is a co-founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer with responsibility for investment research and selection. Mauro has over the thirty years’ experience in the financial sector and fund management. Prior to the establishment of Plenisfer Investments, Mauro was Head of Emerging Markets at Pioneer Investments (subsequently Amundi). He was a member of the Global Investment Committee and a director of Pioneer Investment Management Limited.

Responsible for establishing the Emerging Market team in Pioneer Investments, Mauro built and led a highly skilled investment team working on debt and equity strategies that covered Asia, Latin America, Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Alongside his management responsibilities he was lead portfolio manager of the Euro Strategic Bond fund, a global unconstrained bond portfolio seeking the best income opportunities across all sectors, geographies and credit ratings. He oversaw the integration of the research and portfolio construction and headed the macro overlay and foreign exchange components of the investment process.

Prior to the establishment of the Emerging Markets desk, Mauro was Head of Investment Management Europe and Asia. In this role, he was responsible for Portfolio Management and Trading teams across all asset classes.

Mauro lives in London with his family. He is a guest lecturer on the postgraduate program at the University of Genoa and an Economics graduate of the same university. In his spare time, he likes to ski and travel and has a deep interest in history, economics and geopolitics.