Comgest Growth Europe Class U - Accumulation (GBP)

Eva Fornadi joined Comgest in 2005 and is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst specialising in European small and mid-cap companies. She co-leads the Europe Smaller Companies and Growth Europe Opportunities strategies. Eva graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Studies issued by the Oxford Brookes University and a Hungarian BA in Business Studies at the International Business School in Budapest.

Denis Callioni joined Comgest in 2015 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. She co-leads the Europe Smaller Companies and Europe Opportunities strategies, contributes to idea generation and researches European companies within a broad range of sectors. Denis started her career in 2010 as an equity Analyst at Kempen & Co Merchant bank in Amsterdam. She holds a Master's degree in Corporate Finance and Banking from Duisenberg School of Finance (the Netherlands) as well as a Master's degree in Business and Economics obtained from the University of Amsterdam. Denis is a CFA® charterholder.

Pierre Lamelin joined Comgest in 2012 and is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst specialising in European equities. He co-leads the management of several Pan European strategies and contributes widely to the European team's research coverage for a selection of quality growth stocks across multiple sectors. Pierre started his career in 2004 as a Research Analyst at Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux where he spent seven years covering the European luxury goods and cosmetics sectors. He holds a Master's degree in Finance from Sciences Po (Institut d'Etudes Politiques) in Paris and is a CIIA holder (Certified International Investment Analyst).

Franz Weis joined Comgest in 2005 as a Portfolio Manager and Analyst and is today a Managing Director of the Comgest Group and Team Manager of Comgest's European equity investment team. Franz co-leads the management of the majority of Comgest's European equity public funds and maintains responsibility for a number of European segregated mandates. He started his career in 1990 at Baillie Gifford & Co. where he worked as a Portfolio Manager before joining F&C Asset Management as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of European Equities in 1999. He graduated from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh with a Master's degree in International Banking and Financial Studies and received the International Bankers in Scotland Prize.

Alistair Wittet joined Comgest in 2012 and is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst specialising in European equities. Alistair co-leads Comgest's Pan Europe, Europe ex UK and Europe Smaller Companies strategies. Alistair started his career in 2006 as an Analyst at Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh. He went on to join Citigroup's London office in 2009, specialising in the pan?European food retail sector as an Equity Analyst. A British and French national, Alistair is a Geography graduate from Durham University and a CFA® charterholder.