Jason Crawshaw

Mr. Jason Crawshaw is an Executive Vice President & Portfolio Manager at Polaris Capital Management LLC.
He joined the team as an Analyst in January 2014, became an LLC member in 2015, and was named an Assistant Portfolio Manager in early 2016.
Mr. Crawshaw was promoted to Portfolio Manager in January 2021, and was named the firm’s Executive Vice President in late 2023.
Mr. Crawshaw is a generalist and conducts fundamental analysis of potential investment opportunities.
He brings 19 years of investment industry experience to the firm.
Mr. Crawshaw was previously a Portfolio Manager with Liberty Square Asset Management, where he co-managed international long and long/short equity funds and helped direct Liberty’s research effort.
Prior to joining Liberty, he was a Portfolio Manager with Brait Specialized Funds U.S., where he managed a U.S.
long/short small cap equity hedge fund.
He served in a similar role at Equinox, a spin-off from Coronation Securities.
Early in his career, Mr. Crawshaw was an Equity Analyst responsible for small- and mid-cap research for a proprietary fund at First Rand and Coronation Securities of South Africa.
Mr. Crawshaw obtained his master’s in business administration from University of Notre Dame and graduated magna cum laude in 1994.
He received his undergraduate degree from Middlebury College in 1992.