OUR INVESTMENT TEAM

Rémi Adam joined Comgest in 2019 and is an Analyst and Portofolio Manager specialising in US equities.

After starting his career in 2014 as a Global Equity Analyst at Amundi in London, Remi moved to Paris and Frankfurt where he was an Equity Analyst covering media and telecom stocks at Oddo Securities for three years.

He holds a Master’s degree in Risk & Finance from EDHEC Business School and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Juliette Alves joined Comgest in 2010 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global Emerging Markets equities, notably the Latin America region. She is also a member of the Comgest Group’s Sustainability Committee.

Juliette co-leads the GEM, GEM Plus and Latin America strategies as well as a number of Global Emerging Markets segregated mandates. Juliette started her career in 2005 at Credit Agricole CIB’s representative office in Mexico before joining the company’s Latin America team in New York in 2007 where she worked as a Credit Analyst. In 2009 she transferred to Crédit Agricole CIB’s Paris office.

A Portuguese and French national, Juliette graduated from the NEOMA Business School in France with a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Abla Bellakhdar joined Comgest in 2014 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global Emerging Markets equities, notably the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as Latin America.

Abla co-leads the GEM ex-China and Latin America strategies, and contributes widely to the investment team’s research coverage for a diverse selection of quality growth stocks. Prior to joining the firm, Abla undertook internships at Comgest, a financial institution in Morocco (CDG) and Euro Latina Finance in Paris, a specialist in Latin America cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

She studied at the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico before graduating from the NEOMA Business School in France where she majored in Corporate Finance and wrote a thesis on integrating risk into company valuation processes.

William Bohn joined Comgest in 2019 as an Analyst specialising in European equities.

William contributes to idea generation, researching quality-growth companies within a broad range of sectors. Prior to joining the firm, William undertook internships at Comgest, Alphavalue (European Independent Equity Research) and The Rock Creek Group (Global Asset Management Firm) during his year abroad in Washington D.C.

William graduated top of his class at Sciences Po Strasbourg with a Master’s degree in Law, Economics, and Finance and also holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from ESSEC Business School.

Schlomy Botbol joined Comgest in 2016 and is a Quantitative Analyst and Portfolio Manager.

Before joining Comgest, Schlomy worked as a Portfolio Manager gaining more than 10 years’ experience in cross asset investments and alternative strategies for Société Générale Asset Management Alternative Investments and UBP Alternative Investments. He is a derivatives expert who has considerable experience in portfolio management, execution and quantitative research of innovative investment solutions. 

Schlomy graduated from the French Grande Ecole Telecom SudParis and holds a Master’s Degree from Université Paris IX – Dauphine (Master 203).

Denis Callioni joined Comgest in 2015 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities.

She co-leads the Europe Smaller Companies and Europe Opportunities strategies, contributes to idea generation and researches European companies within a broad range of sectors. Denis started her career in 2010 as an equity Analyst at Kempen & Co Merchant bank in Amsterdam.

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

Jimmy Chen joined Comgest in 2017 and is a Hong Kong-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Greater China equities.

Prior to joining the firm, Jimmy worked for Sanford C. Bernstein as a Senior Research Associate specialised in Asia-Pacific regional telecoms. He previously spent five years as a consultant with Bain & Company working with clients across various industries (ranging from consumer to industrial) and was based in Australia (2 years) and China (3 years).

Jimmy is fluent in Mandarin, obtained a Bachelors of Commerce & Law (with Honours) from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Louis Citroën joined Comgest in 2019 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in US equities.

Louis co-leads the management of the US Equity strategy and contributes strongly to idea generation, researching US companies across a broad range of sectors. Prior to joining Comgest, he was an Equity Analyst covering telecoms and media stocks at Arete Research in London for five years. Louis previously worked from 2011 as a Small Cap Equity Analyst at Financière de l’Echiquier and began his career in 2009 as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman in Paris.

He holds a Master’s degree in Management from ESCP Business School (France, UK, Germany) and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Arnaud Cosserat joined Comgest in 1996 and is now Chief Executive Officer of the Comgest Group. As CEO, he sits on the Group's Board of Partners and chairs the Executive and Investment Committees.

A long-standing Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities, Arnaud also holds the role of Chief Investment Officer. The Group's Investment Committee oversees the firm’s investment teams and the application of Comgest’s philosophy to successful long-term investing. He started his career in 1989 as an Analyst at Banque Paribas, before joining Société de Bourse Oddo and then Generali as a Portfolio Manager.

He holds a Master of Science degree from the ESSEC business school (France) and is a member of the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF, Société Française des Analystes Financiers).

Petra Daroczi joined Comgest in 2021 and is an ESG Analyst and Portfolio Manager responsible for ESG coverage of the US and Europe.

She meets and engages with company management alongside the firm’s investment Analysts and prepares in-depth ESG reports. Prior to Comgest, Petra joined Aberdeen Standard Investments in 2019 as an ESG Investment Analyst, responsible for integrating ESG assessment in fixed income research and leading the engagements in the APAC region. She previously worked for Thomson Reuters in their Singapore office as an Account Director and ESG Ambassador, and before that held diverse roles such as Field Sales Associate, Consultant and ESG & Asset Management Specialist in their London office.

Petra graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from Cass Business School (UK) and a Master’s degree in European Business from the ESCP Business School (France). She is also a CFA^® charterholder and holds various ESG-related certifications including, “Climate Change: Financial risks and opportunities” (Imperial College Business School, UK), “Sustainability and Climate Risk” (Global Association of Risk Professionals) and “Basics of Organizational GHG Accounting” (Greenhouse Gas Management Institute).