An experimental science background can help to critique and analyse the ways in which an industry works. Although finance often abstracts business to capital raising, management and investment, a diverse team can optimise the use of capital by applying real world views onto the layer of capital markets.
In this #GenerationTrader, which looks at the advantages of diversity in decision making, Brian Mangwiro, senior portfolio manager at Barings, explains how his scientific background in agriculture, biotech and eventually genetics, led him to a career in finance.
