Working alongside Dan Higgins, founder and chief investment officer, Cornell will work with the senior management team which sets the company’s direction, the firm said in a statement. He will help identify priority areas for growth, developing investment products, and determining the firm-wide resources needed to achieve Marylebone’s objectives.

Previously, Cornell was a co-founder of Ocean Dial Asset Management, the FCA-regulated specialist India investment firm which managed UK listed India Capital Growth Fund, amongst others. Prior to Ocean Dial, he co-managed New Star’s Institutional Emerging Market Fund and ran the BDT Emerging Market Fund.