Ben Pakenham

Ben is lead Portfolio Manager of Polen Capital’s European High Yield strategy and co-Portfolio Manager of the Global High Yield strategy. Ben previously served as the Head of European High Yield and Global Leveraged Loans at Aberdeen, where he was the lead manager on several European and Global High Yield strategies. Before joining Aberdeen in 2011, he was a fund manager at Henderson Global Investors. Ben began his career as a credit analyst at New Star Asset Management in 2005 and became an assistant portfolio manager in 2007. Ben holds a BA (Hons) in History from Leeds University.