Vontobel Fund - US Equity G GBP Cap

Lead fund manager biography

Igor Krutov joined Vontobel in April 2002 and serves as Head of Vontobel Quality Growth, responsible for the overall management of the boutique. He is also Portfolio Manager for the US Equity strategy. Additionally, he is Head of Vontobel Asset Management. Inc. (VAMUS) Investments, providing firm-wide leadership for VAMUS’ investment activities. Prior to joining Vontobel, from 1995-2002, he worked at Sanford C. Bernstein, including four years as a Research Associate on the #1 Institutional Investor-rated US Equity Strategy team. Igor holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Effective 7/1/25, Igor Krutov was promoted to new role, Head Quality Growth Boutique & VAMUS Investments. Additionally, he became Co-PM on the Quality Growth US Equity strategy, replacing Matt Benkendorf. Additionally, he no longer serves as Director of Research.

Fund manager biography

Edwin Walczak has been a Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst for Vontobel’s Quality Growth Boutique since July 1988. He has held a management position on the firm’s U.S. Equity strategy since its inception. In addition to his portfolio management responsibilities, he continues to conduct research analysis on individual stocks which may be included in the firm’s other strategies, primarily focusing on companies in the Industrials, Financials, Consumer Discretionary, and Consumer Staples sectors. Prior to joining Vontobel Asset Management, from 1984 to 1988, Edwin Walczak worked as an Institutional Portfolio Manager at Lazard Frères Asset Management. From 1982 to 1984, he was an Institutional Relationship Manager at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. He began his financial career in 1978 at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan and General Motors Corporation, New York, where he held successive positions as a Financial Analyst until 1982. Edwin Walczak received a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Master of Arts in International Politics and Economics from Columbia University, and was an International Fellow in Columbia Graduate School in New York. In addition, he received a Bachelor of Arts (Phi Beta Kappa) in Government from Colby College in Maine.