Mark Coombs

About Mark Coombs

A Cambridge law graduate, Mark Coombs started his career at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group.

He founded investment manager Ashmore as a new division of the company in 1998, then led a buyout a year later and took it public in 2006.

The London-based firm specializes in emerging markets and manages some $57 billion in assets.

Coombs owns around one-third of Ashmore's shares.