Ninety One Global Franchise Class I - Accumulation (GBP)

"Elias is a portfolio manager in Ninety One's Quality investment team, based in New York. He is lead portfolio manager of the International Franchise strategy and portfolio manager of the Global Franchise strategy. In addition, he is responsible for global equity idea generation and research. Prior to joining the firm, Elias was a managing director at Thornburg Investment Management where he worked as an associate portfolio manager for the Thornburg Global Opportunities Fund. His previous role was with Dodge & Cox where he was responsible for global equity research in the capital goods, medical devices and chemicals sectors. Elias started his career as an investment banking analyst in the healthcare group of Lehman Brothers / Barclays Capital. Elias received an MBA from Stanford University and a BS from Brigham Young University (magna cum laude) where he was a presidential scholar."

Paul is an analyst and portfolio manager in the Quality investment team at Ninety One. As an analyst he is responsible for managing the research process for all of the Quality team's global strategies as well as global equity idea generation and research. As a portfolio manager he is responsible for the American Franchise Strategy. Paul joined the Quality investment team in 2013. Prior to this he was a Senior Manager in the firm's Investment Operations team. Paul graduated from the University of Surrey in 2010 with a first-class Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Business Management. During his studies, Paul completed a 14-month industrial placement at UBS Global Asset Management, with responsibilities covering client reporting and data management. Paul is also a CFA® Charterholder and holds the Investment Administration Qualification (IAQ) and Investment Management Certificate (IMC).

Clyde is Co-Head of Quality at Investec Asset Management. He is portfolio manager with a focus on multi-asset absolute return and low volatility real return equity investing. His portfolio manager duties include our flagship Opportunity strategy that he has run since 2003 and our equity oriented Global Franchise and Global Quality Equity Income strategies. Clyde joined the firm in 1999, initially as an asset allocation and sector allocation strategist. Prior to Investec Asset Management, Clyde was awarded a study bursary by Sanlam where he worked for eight years, including five years in asset management. His experience in investments there included fixed income analysis and portfolio management. Clyde graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and Actuarial Science. He was awarded the Certificates in Actuarial Techniques in 1995, and Finance and Investments in 1997 by the Institute of Actuaries in London. Clyde is a CFA Charterholder.

Abrie is a portfolio manager on Investec Asset Management's Global Quality Equity Income Fund and an analyst in the Quality team. Abrie joined our investment team in 2009 from the Performance and Risk team where he spent three years as a risk analyst. During this time, he was instrumental in developing the risk model capabilities in our London and Cape Town offices. He graduated cum laude from the University of the North West, Potchefstroom Campus, with a Master of Science degree in Quantitative Risk Management: Investment Management. Abrie holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is a CFA Charterholder.