CT European Smaller Companies Class Z - Income (GBP)

Philip Dicken is Head of European equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He joined the company in 2004 and has managed the pan European smaller companies strategy since launch. He also manages our European smaller companies strategy. He started his career with Merrill Lynch as an analyst in the Corporate Finance division and holds a first class degree in Mechanical Engineering with study in Continental Europe from Bristol University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is also a member of the CFA Society of the UK.

Mine Tezgul is a portfolio manager in the European equities team. She manages the Threadneedle European Smaller Companies strategy and co-manages the Threadneedle Pan European Small Cap Opportunities strategy. Mine joined the company in 2018 as an equity analyst and became a portfolio manager in 2019. Before joining the company, Mine spent over 10 years as an equity analyst focusing on developed market equities, working at Lansdowne Partners, SAC Global Investors and Highbridge Capital Management. She started her career with Citigroup as a financial analyst in the investment banking division. She holds a BA in Economics with General Honours from the University of Chicago and an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.