Comgest Growth Europe ex UK GBP SU Acc

Fund manager biography

Franz Weis joined Comgest in 2005 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. In addition to being the Group’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO), he is also a Managing Director and a member of the Executive Committee. Franz leads the firm's European research efforts and co-leads the management of the majority of Comgest’s European equity strategies. In his role as CIO, Franz oversees the firm’s investment teams and chairs the Investment Committee, which is responsible for applying Comgest’s philosophy on successful long-term investing. 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 1996. Franz 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.

Fund manager biography

Alistair Wittet joined Comgest in 2012 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. Alistair co-leads Comgest’s Pan Europe and Europe ex UK 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.