Dalton Strategic Partnership (DSP) has appointed Keith Busuttil as an analyst on the European absolute return equities team, based in London.
Busuttil will work alongside Leonard Charlton, portfolio manager, David Robinson and Benjamin Billiard on the award-winning Melchior European equity long short strategies, including the UCITS version which soft closed in May having reached USD500 million. Keith will contribute to idea generation and company research, looking for long and short investment opportunities as well as the identification of investment themes.
Busuttil brings with him seven years industry experience. He joins DSP from The Blackstone Group where he was Vice President in the European Debt Restructuring team. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2007, Keith worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Credit Suisse. He is a qualified chartered accountant and has a Masters Degree in Corporate Finance from SDA Bocconi.
Charlton says: “Keith brings with him a range of skills and experience that are complimentary to those already possessed by the Melchior European equities team. His accountancy, M&A, debt restructuring and investment experience will give us a significant edge in identifying alpha sources through the detailed analysis of industries and businesses’’.
Magnus Spence, Managing Partner, DSP, says: ‘’In Keith we have identified a high calibre individual who joins one of the industry’s outstanding European absolute return teams. This demonstrates our commitment to attracting the very best staff in order to deliver outstanding returns to our investors’’.
