Ken Hughes joined Martin Currie in 2004, initially researching and recommending stocks in the industrials sector. He came to us from Credit Lyonnais, which he joined in 1993 as a graduate trainee. In 1998 he was promoted to equity analyst, latterly for Credit Lyonnais Securities in Paris, where he focused on analysing companies in the metals, mining, paper and industrial gases sectors. Ken is fluent in French and became a CFA charterholder in 2004.