Comgest Growth Japan Class U - Accumulation (GBP)

Makoto Egami joined Comgest's Tokyo office in 2013 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager within the Japanese equity team, identifying quality growth stocks for the strategy. He started his career in 2001 at JP Morgan Chase in Tokyo as a credit Analyst and went on to work for US-based Taiyo Pacific Partners as an investment professional before moving on to Macquarie as a Japanese small-mid cap Analyst. Makoto also held the position of senior industry Analyst at Google Japan. He graduated from Keio University with a BA in Economics and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (USA), as well as the CMA from the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.

Chantana Ward joined Comgest in 1998. Based in Paris, she is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager within the Japanese equity team and she travels regularly to Japan to research companies and spend time with the Tokyo-based team members. Chantana co-leads funds within Comgest's Asia ex Japan, Asia including Japan and Japan equity strategies and has been an important contributor to the development of these strategies. Chantana holds an MSc in Finance from Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business in New York, a dual diploma with The American University of Paris.

Richard Kaye joined Comgest in 2009 as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager, bringing with him a wealth of experience in Japanese equities. Upon joining Comgest, he became co-lead of Comgest's Japan equity strategy. Starting his career in 1994 as an Analyst with the Industrial Bank of Japan, Richard joined Merrill Lynch in the same role in 1996. In 2005 he moved to the Wellington Management Company in Boston as a Portfolio Manager of Japanese TMT stocks. Richard graduated from Oxford University where he majored in Oriental Studies.