As part of EFG Asset Management’s expansion of Asian-orientated strategies, Mansfield will be responsible for equity investing in China, based in Hong Kong. His appointment follows on from the hiring of Tony Jordan who manages EFG Asset Management’s New Capital Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund, the firm said in a statement today.

At his former firm, Mok co-managed the $1.5 billion GAM Star China Equity Fund. During his five year tenure the fund outperformed the MSCI China Index by 72.1 per cent, the statement said.

Mansfield has over 21 years of investment experience and was recently named "Best Fund Manager Over Three Years" at the 2011 Professional Adviser Awards. He began his investment career in 1990 as a mid-cap analyst with Hoare Govett, before moving on to ING Barings Securities HK Limited in 1992 and Munich Re Asia Capital Management in 2000.