Meet the Team
Collegial Culture. Methodical Approach.
Ashish Chugh
Portfolio Manager
Ashish Chugh
Portfolio Manager
Ashish Chugh is the portfolio manager of the long-only and long-short global emerging market equity strategies at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He joined Loomis Sayles in May 2018 from Och-Ziff Capital in Hong Kong, where he was a managing director and manager of an emerging markets portfolio for the firm’s multi-strategy hedge fund. Prior to this, Ashish spent a decade at the Wellington Management Company in Boston as a managing director, where he focused on investing in long-short equities in emerging markets. Previously, he was an associate at Blue Chip Venture Company, where he was responsible for venture capital and private equity investments. Since the beginning of his investment industry career in June 2003, Ashish has gained extensive expertise in managing emerging market equities and developing a scalable and repeatable investment philosophy and process. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer at IBM in Toronto and an analyst at Hitachi in Tokyo. Ashish earned a BASc in electrical & computer engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the firm's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Advisory Board and serves as a Director on the Advisory Board of the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University. Ashish is fluent in Hindi.
Juhee Han, CFA, FRM
Senior Research Analyst
Juhee Han, CFA, FRM
Senior Research Analyst
Juhee Han is a senior research analyst on the global emerging markets equity team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. She is responsible for conducting fundamental research and analysis of equities in the consumer and healthcare sectors in global emerging markets. Juhee joined Loomis Sayles in January 2019 and began her investment industry career in February 2004. Previously, she was a partner and senior analyst at Kylin Management in New York, a Tiger Cub hedge fund focused on investing in Asia. In this role, Juhee conducted bottom-up, fundamental research and analysis of Asian equities. Prior to this, she was an associate for the M&A team in the investment banking division of Samsung Securities. Here, Juhee executed M&A and capital market transactions for leading Korean companies. She earned a BA in English and French language and literature from Ewha Woman’s University and an MBA in Finance from Seoul National University. Juhee is fluent in Korean.
Ji Zhang
Senior Research Analyst
Ji Zhang
Senior Research Analyst
Ji Zhang is a senior research analyst on the global emerging markets equity team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He is responsible for conducting fundamental research and analysis of equities in the information technology and communication services sectors in global emerging markets. Ji joined Loomis Sayles in June 2019 and began his investment industry career in July 2006. Previously, he was an associate director and senior analyst at Kylin Management in New York, a Tiger Cub hedge fund focused on investing in Asia. In this role, Ji conducted bottom-up, fundamental research and analysis of equities in the technology, media and telecom sectors in Asia. Prior to this, he was a technology sector analyst at New York based hedge funds Brahman Capital and Simcoe Capital. Ji has also worked as a strategy consultant for Bain & Company where he worked on cases in the technology and private equity industries. Earlier in his career, Ji worked as a derivatives strategist for the prop desk at Barclays Capital and as an integrated circuit design engineer at Linear Technology in Silicon Valley. He earned a BS and MEng in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA in management and finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Ji is fluent in Mandarin.
Eric Spencer, CFA
Senior Research Analyst
Eric Spencer, CFA
Senior Research Analyst
Eric Spencer is a senior research analyst on the global emerging markets equity team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. He is responsible for fundamental research and analysis of equities in the financial, industrial, materials, utility and energy sectors in global emerging markets. Eric joined Loomis Sayles in January 2019 and began his investment industry career in June 2013. Previously, he was a research analyst at Millennium Management in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he covered all sectors in CEEMEA, France and Italy for a market-neutral equity portfolio. In this role, Eric conducted fundamental securities analysis, provided trade recommendations and helped in portfolio construction. Prior to this, he was a research analyst at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. (GMO) in Boston, where he was responsible for coverage across all sectors in emerging and developed Asia, with a focus on identifying deep-value, long-term investment opportunities. Eric earned a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
