Adrian Hilton is Head of Emerging Market Debt at Columbia Threadneedle, having joined the company in 2016 as a portfolio manager in the Interest Rates & Currencies team, assuming leadership of that team a year later. In 2020, he added the Emerging Market Debt team to his responsibilities, as well as co-managing our range of EMD strategies. Adrian began his career at the Bank of England in 2000, holding various positions in the Sterling Markets and Foreign Exchange divisions, ultimately as a portfolio manager on the Bank’s Reserves Management desk. After a period with Aberdeen Asset Management, he joined Brevan Howard Asset Management in 2008, where he traded emerging markets local rates and currencies for eight years. Adrian holds a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Birmingham.