Jane Lesslie, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager
Global Fixed Income and Currencies - Emerging Markets
Funds Co-Managed:
Jane Lesslie has been managing portfolios of emerging market
bonds for 13 years. She assumed responsibility for RBC Asset
Management's global emerging market debt strategies in 1999
embracing Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
She manages allocations for a number of the firm's fixed income
funds employing sovereign external debt, corporate bonds and local
currency alternatives. She previously headed the division's Latin
American Private Client discretionary portfolio management team where
she had direct responsibility for managing clients' Latin American bond
allocations.
Prior to joining RBC Asset Management, Jane was product manager
for money market investments and interest rate risk management tools
in Royal Bank of Canada's Treasury division from 1988 to 1994.
She previously worked as a public affairs advisor to various areas
within the Royal Bank Financial Group including the bank's special
sovereign loans team, then restructuring the bank's Latin American
problem loan exposure. Before joining RBC she held positions as a
journalist and later an advisor to Canada's Minister of State
(Finance) responsible for financial institution regulation.
She was awarded her Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter in 1996.
October 30, 2007
