Odey AM swipes second EM manager from Newton for new funds business Sophia Whitbread reunited with long-time Newton colleague Rob Marshall-Lee who was poached for Brook AM last November Odey Asset Management has swiped emerging markets manager Sophia Whitbread from Newton Investment Management for its newly created funds business. Whitbread (pictured) will join Brook Asset Management, launched by Crispin Odey’s eponymous funds business, in June as an assistant portfolio manager on its Global Emerging Markets strategy. There she will be reunited with long-time Newton IM colleague Rob Marshall-Lee who was poached by Odey last November to head up its brand-new emerging markets business.