Thomas Gerhardt joins Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management as Head of Emerging Markets & Commodities Division 

• The announcement of Thomas Gerhardt's arrival as Head of Global Emerging Markets & Commodities took place during the official opening of the German Branch, in Frankfurt, of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management.
• Thomas Gerhardt will be based in Frankfurt and will report to the CIO of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management. 

Frankfurt/Paris – Thomas Gerhardt (46) joins Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management as Head of the Emerging Markets & Commodities Team. He will take up his duties from September 1, 2011 and report to Philippe Uzan, CIO at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management. Thomas Gerhardt began his career at KPMG and subsequently moved to the equity fund management section of DWS Investments in 1994, the asset management subsidiary of Deutsche Bank and one of the leading asset managers in Germany. He has been successfully managing the Emerging Market Equities Team at DWS since 2000. Thomas Gerhardt’s team had more than 14 billion euros of assets under management making it one of the biggest emerging markets equities team in the world. He was personally responsible for the management of 6 billion euros within his funds.

The Emerging Markets & Commodities Team of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management will be expanded under the management of Thomas Gerhardt to 14 fund managers. In addition to the four managers located in Paris, and to the six Asian equities specialists in Hong Kong, another three managers are expected to join Thomas in Frankfurt in the forthcoming months.