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Managers

Andrew T. Foster

Lead Manager:

Andrew Foster

Portfolio Manager

Andrew Foster is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. He joined Matthews in 1998 as a Research Analyst, and has held a number of positions at the firm during his tenure, including Director of Research and acting Chief Investment Officer. Andrew began his career in Singapore, where he worked as a management consultant in A.T. Kearney’s Financial Institutions Group. He holds an A.B. in Public Policy and a secondary degree in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in France. Andrew has been a Portfolio Manager of the Asian Growth and Income Fund since 2005, of the India Fund since the Fund’s inception in 2005 and of the Asia Dividend Fund since the Fund’s inception in 2006.

Lead Manager
- Matthews Asian Growth and
  Income Fund

Co-Manager
- Matthews Asia Dividend Fund*
- Matthews India Fund


Robert Horrocks

Co-Manager:

Robert J. Horrocks, PhD

Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager

Robert Horrocks is Chief Investment Officer at Matthews and a Portfolio Manager. As Chief Investment Officer, Robert oversees the firm’s investment process and investment professionals and sets the research agenda for the investment team. Before joining Matthews in August 2008, Robert was Head of Research at Mirae Asset Management in Hong Kong. From 2003 to 2006, Robert served as Chief Investment Officer for Everbright Pramerica in China, establishing its quantitative investment process. He started his career as a Research Analyst with WI Carr Securities in Hong Kong before moving on to spend eight years working in several different Asian jurisdictions for Schroders, including stints as Country General Manager in Taiwan, Deputy Chief Investment Officer in Korea and Designated Chief Investment Officer in Shanghai. Robert earned his PhD in Chinese Economic History from Leeds University in the United Kingdom, and is fluent in Mandarin. Robert has been a Portfolio Manager of the Asian Growth and Income Fund since 2009.

Co-Manager
- Matthews Asian Growth and
  Income Fund

 


* To better reflect its investment strategy, the Fund’s name changed from Matthews Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund to Matthews Asia Dividend Fund on November 30, 2009.