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Fund manager biography

Nicolas Janvier is Head of US Equities, EMEA, at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He took up this role in October 2020 and leads the London-based team which manages a significant US equities franchise for clients. Mr Janvier has been with the company for 14 years, working as a US equities portfolio manager in both our US and London offices. He is currently lead manager for the Threadneedle American strategy and Threadneedle American Smaller Companies strategy, as well as ESG portfolios managed by the London team. He is also co-portfolio manager of the Columbia Large Cap Growth Opportunity strategy. Mr Janvier joined the company in 2006, spending eight years in our New York office as a portfolio manager in the Value Strategies team focusing on US mid and small cap companies. Prior to this, Mr Janvier was a portfolio manager with the Private Bank at Bank of America. Mr Janvier holds a BSc in Telecommunications-Operations from the University of Florida. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Fund manager biography

"Louis Ubaka is a Portfolio Manager in the US Equities team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments focusing on the EMEA US Equities Small Cap strategy. He joined the London-based US Equities team in July 2021. Prior to joining Columbia Threadneedle, Louis was most recently employed as a Fund Manager’s Assistant on the European Equities team at Schroders in London. Prior to Schroders, Louis was a Fund Manager’s Assistant on the Multi-Asset Fund of Funds team at Sarasin & Partners. Louis has a BA in Business Management from Middlesex University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and the Investment Management Certificate. "