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Chris Kinder joined the company in 2010 as a portfolio manager in the UK equities team. His main responsibilities are the management of the Threadneedle UK Fund, the Threadneedle UK Extended Alpha Fund, and co-management of the Threadneedle UK Absolute Alpha Fund. He also has research responsibility for the housebuilders, retail, media and oil services sectors.Before joining the company, Chris was an assistant fund manager at RWC Partners. He has also worked at Govett Investments, gaining experience in smaller companies’ analysis. Chris is a qualified chartered accountant, having worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 4 years before joining the investment management industry.Chris has a degree in Modern European Languages from Durham University and he also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
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Gordon Happell is a Portfolio Manager in the UK Equities team. He joined Columbia Threadneedle through the acquisition of BMO GAM (EMEA) in 2021, having previously been with BMO since 2014. Before joining the group, Gordon worked at Henderson Global Investors, specialising in Global Technology, and Aegon Asset Management where he was a Smaller Companies Investment Manager in the UK Equity team. Gordon has a first-class honours degree in Accounting from Strathclyde University and is a CFA charterholder. |