Jan Luthman joined Liontrust in April 2012, transferring from Walkers Crips Asset Managers (WCAM). Jan Luthman graduated in Civil Engineering from St. Andrews University in 1967. He spent eighteen years managing a range of earthmoving, timber, mining, oilfield and vehicle distributorships in Liberia and the Middle-East. An active and successful private investor during the 1980's, Luthman was amongst the first to pass the Securities Association (now the Securities Institute) exams in Investment Analysis in 1987, followed by Fund Management in 1988. However, the value of this unusual combination of formal qualifications, international corporate management and practical investment experience lay largely unrecognised and untapped until he joined Walker Crips in 2000. Now, working alongside colleague Stephen Bailey, he takes charge of the Walker Crips UK Growth, Equity Income, UK High Alpha and Sterling Corporate Bond funds. Including institutional segregated mandates, Walker Crips Asset Managers (WCAM) had approximately £550M under management at the beginning of 2010. A fan of good wine, good food, photography and pub walks, Luthman dabbles in Old English as well as stories and fables at www.fables.co.uk.