CT (Lux) Responsible Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund R Acc GBP

Lead fund manager biography

Gokce is a portfolio manager in the Global Emerging Markets and Asia Equity team and leads the Responsible Global Emerging Markets strategy. Gokce joined Columbia Threadneedle as part of the acquisition of BMO Global Asset Management, where he worked within the LGM subsidiary. He joined in 2017 initially as an Analyst, focusing on frontier and emerging markets, and was promoted to Portfolio Manager in 2018 when he also joined the Investment Leadership team. Prior to LGM, Gokce worked for FSSA Investment Managers in Hong Kong and Stewart Investors in Edinburgh. He started as a generalist with wide research and investment responsibilities across the Asia Pacific markets, emerging markets and global equities and progressed to running a successful internally funded GEM portfolio. He was appointed member on the Responsible Investment Committee of First State Investment from 2013 to 2016. Gokce received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Economics from Copenhagen Business School and post graduate degree in Finance and Investment from University of Durham.

Fund manager biography

Sam Mahtani joined BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA) in 1993 helping launch the F&C India fund, the third offshore India fund to be available to foreign investors. He became Co-Portfolio Manager (PM) for the Fund in 1994 and lead manager in 1996. He has over 20 years’ investment experience analysing companies and managing money in emerging markets. Sam has research responsibilities for companies in Asia, specialising in India, China, Korea and Latin America. Prior to BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA) Sam worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc for six years as Senior Bank Officer in the corporate trusts division. He is an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services and a member of the CFA Society in the UK. Sam was one of the five emerging markets team members to become part of the LGM team in late 2014.