Biography
Leigh Harrison is Threadneedle’s Head of UK Equities and has overall responsibility for the management and performance of UK equity products. As Head of the UK Equity team, Leigh places a particular focus on UK retail products. Leigh manages the Threadneedle UK Equity Alpha Income Fund and the Threadneedle UK Equity Income Fund. Prior to joining Threadneedle, Leigh was a Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for UK equities at Credit Suisse Asset Management where he built an outstanding reputation for UK equity income products. He has also held the positions of Associate Director at Rowan Dartington and Director at Hill Samuel Investment Management where he focused on UK smaller company funds. Leigh holds a BA (Hons) from Nottingham University and an MSc from University College, London. He is also a Member of the Securities Institute.