Gabriel is an Investment Director on the Global Emerging Markets equities team at abrdn. Gabriel joined the company in 2008 and is based in London but previously spent 5 years in Singapore from 2018 to 2023, where he was (and continues to be) focused primarily on Asian smaller companies. Gabriel is currently lead manager of the ‘abrdn Asia Focus’ investment trust and a pod member of the Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Income strategy and the GEM Smaller Companies strategy. During his time in Singapore, Gabriel was the lead manager of the Asian Smaller Companies fund (until December 2022 just prior to his return to London) and was a pod member of a number of other dedicated Asian and GEM strategies. Gabriel graduated with an MA (Hons) in Land Economy from Selwyn College, Cambridge University and is a CFA charterholder.