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| Domicile | Ireland | | Legal Structure | Open Ended Investment Company | | UCITS | Yes | | Inception Date | 18/11/2013 |  | | Fund Advisor(s) | | Comgest Asset Management Intl Ltd |
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| Fund Manager | Arnaud Cosserat | | Manager Start Date | 01/11/2009 | | Career Start Year | 1989 |
| Education | | ESSEC Business School, M.S. |
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| Biography |
| Arnaud Cosserat joined Comgest in 1996 and is now Chief Executive Officer of the Comgest Group. As CEO, he sits on the Group's Board of Partners and chairs the Executive Committee.
A long-standing Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities, Arnaud also holds the role of Chief Investment Officer. He chairs the Group's Investment Committee which oversees the firm’s investment teams and the application of Comgest’s philosophy to successful long-term investing. He started his career in 1989 as an Analyst at Banque Paribas, before joining Société de Bourse Oddo and then Generali as a Portfolio Manager. He holds a Master of Science degree from the ESSEC business school (France) and is a member of the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF, Société Française des Analystes Financiers). |
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| Fund Manager | Franz Weis | | Manager Start Date | 01/11/2009 | | Career Start Year | 1990 |
| Education | | Heriot-Watt University, M.A. |
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| Franz Weis joined Comgest in 2005 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities as well as a Managing Director of the Comgest Group and member of the Group's Executive Committee. Franz is also a member of the Group's Investment Committee and leads the firm's European research efforts. He co-leads the management of the majority of Comgest’s European equity strategies. 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 (Scotland) with a Master’s degree in International Banking and Financial Studies and received the International Bankers in Scotland Prize in 1990. |
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| Fund Manager | Pierre Lamelin | | Manager Start Date | 28/02/2022 | | Career Start Year | 2004 |
| Education | | Institut d'Etudes Politiques, M.A. |
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| Biography |
| Pierre Lamelin joined Comgest in 2012 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager 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 diverse selection of quality growth stocks across multiple sectors. Pierre started his career in 2004 as an Equity 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). |
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| Fund Manager | Alistair Wittet | | Manager Start Date | 05/09/2018 | | Career Start Year | 2006 |
| Education | | Durham University |
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| Alistair Wittet joined Comgest in 2012 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. Alistair co-leads Comgest’s Pan Europe, Europe ex UK and Europe Smaller Companies strategies. He 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. |
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| Fund Manager | Laurent Dobler | | Manager Start Date | 01/01/2006 | | Career Start Year | 1986 |
| Education | | Sorbonne University, M.A. | | University Paris, M.A. |
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| Laurent Dobler joined Comgest in 1991 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities as well as a non-executive member of the Board of Partners and Deputy Managing Director of Comgest S.A. As Comgest's longest serving investment team member, Laurent is a lead Portfolio Manager within the European equity team and has been instrumental in forging and refining Comgest's quality growth investment philosophy. He started his career in Geneva in 1986 with Banque Paribas as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager of a German equity fund before he joined the Geneva fund management team of Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild where he specialised in European and Japanese equities. With a degree in Economics from the Sorbonne University and a Master’s degree in Law from University Paris II, Laurent also studied at Sciences Po - Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (France), where he majored in Finance and Fiscal Policy. |
