AXA World Funds - ACT Biodiversity Class F Capitilisation - Accumulation (GBP)

Tom Atkinson co-manages the AXA ACT People & Planet Equity, AXA ACT Framlington Clean Economy, AXA WF ACT Clean Economy, and AXA WF ACT Biodiversity strategies, together with Anna Väänänen, Ashley Keet, and Anne Tolmunen, and specialises in utilities, renewables, and industrials. Tom joined AXA IM in 2022 from Newton Investment Management where he was a global research analyst generating investment ideas for a variety of different equity strategies since joining as a graduate trainee in 2014. Tom chaired Newton's ?Earth Matters? theme group, leading strategic thinking on environmental topics. Tom holds a BA (Hons) in Geography from Durham University and an MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Tom is also a CFA Charterholder. Tom sits on the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation's Positive Impact working group, looking for solutions to measuring companies' positive contribution to biodiversity.

Ashley Keet co-manages the AXA ACT People & Planet Equity, AXA ACT Framlington Clean Economy, AXA WF ACT Clean Economy, and AXA WF ACT Biodiversity strategies, together with Anna Väänänen,Tom Atkinson and Anne Tolmunen, and specialises on semiconductors and software. Ashley joined AXA IM in 2016 as an Investment Analyst in the Equities Investment Analytics Team with a specific focus on global sector, thematic and funds. Ashley was a key contributor to the development of the thematic fund range and was promoted to portfolio manager within the impact team in September 2021. Prior to joining AXA IM, he was an Investment Risk Analyst at T. Rowe Price and started his career as a fund manager's assistant at Clarkson Fund Management in 2008. Ashley graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Surrey.

Anna Vaananen is the Head of Listed Impact Equity at AXA IM and co-manages the AXA ACT People & Planet Equity, AXA WF ACT Clean Economy, AXA ACT Framlington Clean Economy, AXA WF ACT Biodiversity and AXA ACT WF Social Progress strategies together with Tom Atkinson, Ashley Keet and Anne Tolmunen. She specialises on agriculture, food, and automation. Anna joined AXA IM in 2023 from Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, heading the Mirova's Global Environmental team and managing various global sustainable and impact strategies including Global Environmental and Future of Food. Preceding that she was a senior portfolio manager at Credit Suisse Asset Management in Zurich managing different thematic equity strategies in both developed and emerging markets. Prior to this she was a fund manager at FIM Asset Management and at Tapiola Asset Management. She started her career in 1995 investment banking working as a sell side analyst at Salomon Brothers and Carnegie Investment Bank. Anna holds a Master of Social Science from the University of Helsinki, majoring in Economics.