Gifford Combs is the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Dalton Investments LLC, and was a founding member of Dalton which was established in 1999.  Gifford has over 25 years of investment experience managing equity portfolios.  Prior to joining Dalton, he managed equity portfolios for US and international institutions at Pacific Financial Research, a Beverly Hills-based money manager with assets in excess of USD 5 billion.  In 1994, Gifford retired as partner to concentrate on managing a US investment partnership and in 1998 he began managing the portfolio for Pacific and General Investments. 

Gifford currently serves as director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation (New York), Cambridge in America, Inc. (New York), and Master Drawings, Inc. (New York).  Gifford holds a M.Phil degree in Economics and Politics from Cambridge University and an AB degree from Harvard College.  He is based in Los Angeles.