Steve Wreford is Managing Director at Lazard Asset Management and a portfolio manager and analyst on its global thematic equity team. He began working in the investment field in 1995. Prior to joining Lazard in 2010, he was a partner and a portfolio Manager with Hampstead Capital. Previously he was a portfolio manager with Scudder/Deutsche Asset Management, an equity research analyst with CCF Charterhouse and a chartered accountant with KPMG. He has a BSc (Hons) in computer science from Aston University. Wreford is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.