Daniel joined Smith and Williamson in September 2017 as their investment strategist. This followed 7 years as an in-house strategist for Hong Kong asset managers, Ajia Partners and RAYS Capital. Daniel had first moved to Asia to join Merrill Lynch as a Regional Equity Strategist in 2007, after spending 13 years at London-based global macro consultancy and asset allocation firm, Independent Strategy. Daniel is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.