Sanjeev Shah: The Facts

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Sanjeev Shah's appointment as heir to Anthony Bolton on the Fidelity £3.2bn Special Situations fund is not a surprise. He has topped the list of potential candidates ever since Bolton announced his decision to step down. But what do we know about the man who will take over the most high profile job in fund management?

Age: 36 1996: joined Fidelity as a research analyst after acquiring an MBA from INSEAD and an MA in Economics from Cambridge University. Spent time as an assistant to Fidelity European manager Tom McCarron. August 2002: made a portfolio manager October 2002-August 2005: manager of the Fidelity UK Aggressive fund. Over the period delivered 77.77pc compared with benchmark return of 49.73pc. August 2005 to the present: manager of the Fidelity Funds European Aggressive fund. June 1 2007: will hand over European Aggressive to Mario Frontini. January 1 2008: will assume total ownership of ...

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