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Alex Beavis is an analyst within the Global Equities team, focusing on global smaller companies. He began this role in 2019. Prior to this, Alex worked as a client portfolio analyst within the Global Equities team, assisting with client servicing, sales and articulation of the team’s investment views and capabilities.

Alex joined the company in 2016 and worked in Finance for six months on a graduate scheme rotation. In March 2017, he joined the Global Equities team, where he has remained since.

Alex holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Management Sciences from the University of Southampton.

Alex joined is a portfolio manager in the Global Equities team. Alex joined the company in 2016 as a portfolio manager on the Japan Equities desk and moved to the Global Equities team in 2018. He is now a portfolio manager on the Global Focus strategy and lead manager of a number of segregated Japan equity mandates.

Whilst working on the Japan desk, Alex assisted the Global Equities team with idea generation and analysis of Japanese companies across all sectors.

Before joining the company, Alex was a Senior Fund Manager at Canada Life Investments, where he managed the Japan fund and supported the management of the US and Global funds.

Alex has a BSc in economics from the London School of Economics. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Simon Haines ist Fondsmanager im Global Equities Team. Er hat diese Aufgabe im November 2013 übernommen und ist derzeit leitender Fondsmanager derjenigen Portfolios des Teams, die in der Region EAFE beziehungsweise schariakonform investieren. Außerdem ist er als Analyst für den Industriesektor und die Region Asien-Pazifik zuständig.

Simon Haines trat 1999 als Fondsmanager-Trainee für britische Aktien in das Unternehmen ein. Er avancierte im Januar 2005 zum Fondsmanager und übernahm das Management des Threadneedle UK Mid 250 Fund und das Co-Management des Threadneedle UK Extended Alpha Fund.

Simon Haines schloss 1999 sein Studium an der University of Oxford mit einem Abschluss in Biologie ab und führt den Titel Chartered Financial Analyst.

Pauline Grange is a portfolio manager within the Global Equities team. She took up this role in 2007 and is currently lead portfolio manager of the Threadneedle Global Sustainable Outcomes and Threadneedle World Equity strategies and deputy portfolio manager of the Columbia Select Global Equity fund. She also heads the telecoms and utilities sector research team and is the deputy head of the technology sector research team.

Before joining the company, Pauline was a global equity portfolio manager for Investec Asset Management.

Pauline has a Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) in Finance from the University of Cape Town. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Georgina Hellyer is a portfolio manager within the Global Equities team. Georgina joined the company in 2011 and the Global Equities team in 2017. She is a portfolio manager on the Global Equity Income strategy and the International Dividend Income strategy.

Previously, Georgina worked as an analyst on the Emerging Markets Equity team, covering the materials and energy sectors and becoming a portfolio manager in 2013. Before joining the company, Georgina worked at Aviva Investors as an analyst covering the materials and energy sectors on the company’s Emerging Market and Asian equities team.

Georgina has a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Oxford and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Market Technician designations.

Bronwyn Curran is a client portfolio analyst in the Global Equities team. In this role, she is responsible for providing detailed information on the company’s global equity views and capabilities to clients, prospects and consultants.

She joined the company in 2018 as part of its graduate programme before joining her current team in 2020.

Jonathan Crown is lead portfolio manager on the Global Equity Income Strategy and manages a number of pooled and institutional mandates including the Threadneedle Global Equity Income Fund. Jonathan joined the company in 2005 as an investment analyst on the credit team. In 2008, he moved from the Fixed Income team to the Global Equities team and has managed global equity portfolios since 2010 and global equity income portfolios since 2011. Jonathan is also deputy head of the financials sector research team. 

Before joining the company, he worked at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein as an investment grade credit analyst covering financials. 

Jonathan has an MA (Hons) Degree in Economics from the University of St Andrews.

Scott Woods ist ein Portfoliomanager im Global Equities-Team und seit April 2019 leitender Manager der Strategie von Threadneedle Global Smaller Companies. Scott kam 2015 als Aktienanalyst zum Global Equities-Team und war zuständig für das Research von Small-Cap-Unternehmen mit Fokus auf US-Small Caps. Anschließend wurde er zum stellvertretenden Portfoliomanager für die Strategie Threadneedle Global Smaller Companies und die Strategie Threadneedle US Smaller Companies ernannt.

Vor seinem Eintritt in das Unternehmen verbrachte Scott drei Jahre bei Ecclesiastical Investment Management, einem auf SRI fokussierten Vermögensverwalter, wo er als Investmentanalyst im globalen Aktienteam arbeitete.

Scott hat einen Master-Abschluss in Chemie der University of Oxford. Er besitzt außerdem die Bezeichnung Chartered Financial Analyst und das Investment Management Certificate.

Neil Robson ist Head of Global Equities bei Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Er bekleidet diese Position seit Juli 2017. Neil Robson trat 2011 als Fondsmanager im Global Equities Team in das Unternehmen ein. Er ist stellvertretender Manager des Threadneedle Global Select Fund und verwaltet verschiedene globale Aktienmandate für institutionelle Kunden. Er ist auch Co-Manager des Threadneedle Global Extended Alpha Fund.

Vor seinem Eintritt in das Unternehmen arbeitete Neil Robson als Fondsmanager bei Martin Currie, Barings und Citibank. Darüber hinaus war er von 2003 bis 2009 Head of Global Equity bei Pioneer Investments.

Neil Robson hat einen Abschluss in Volkswirtschaftslehre der University of Bristol.