The Quality Growth Investor

Denis Callioni joined Comgest in 2015 and is a Paris-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. 

Prior to Comgest, Denis worked as an Equity Analyst at Kempen & Co Merchant Bank in Amsterdam from 2010.

Denis holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance and Banking from the Duisenberg School of Finance and a Master’s degree in Business and Economics from the University of Amsterdam, both in the Netherlands. She is a CFA^® charterholder.

Zak Smerczak joined Comgest in 2016 and is a Paris-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Comgest, Zak worked at Polar Capital from 2015 as an Analyst / Portfolio Manager for the firm’s global multi-asset income strategy. Before that, he was an Analyst at Mirabaud Asset Management from 2011, covering Global equities. He began his career in 2006 at Deloitte in London, initially in Assurance & Advisory Services before moving to Transaction Services, where he was responsible for operational and financial due diligence.

Zak holds a Bachelor of Business Science Degree in Finance (Honours) from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). He is a CFA^® charterholder and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 2009.

Richard Kaye joined Comgest in 2009 and is a Paris-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee.

Richard brings deep, long-standing expertise in Japan, having lived in Tokyo for over 30 years before relocating to Paris in 2025. Prior to joining Comgest, Richard worked at Wellington Management Company in Boston from 2005 as a Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese TMT stocks. Before that, he worked in Japan as an Analyst at Merrill Lynch from 1996. He began in 1994 as an Analyst with the Industrial Bank of Japan.

Richard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Oriental Studies from Oxford University (UK).

Christian de Roualle joined Comgest in 2025 and is a Paris-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in US equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, Christian worked as a Senior Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Tikehau Capital in Paris. He was previously a Senior Equity Analyst at Lofoten Asset Management in Paris, covering US and European companies. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade in London as an Equity Analyst at Redburn Partners. He began his career at Moët-Hennessy.

Christian holds a Master’s degree in Management from EDHEC Business School (France) and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (France).