OUR INVESTMENT TEAM

Matthias Eifert joined Comgest in 2026 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, he led the fundamental equities team at Railpen in London, where he was a Portfolio Manager responsible for a concentrated global quality growth equity portfolio. Earlier in his career, Matthias worked as a European Long/Short Equity Analyst at BlueCrest Capital Management and as a Sell-Side Equity Analyst at DZ Bank and MainFirst Bank.

Matthias holds a Diplom Betriebswirt (BA) from Berufsakademie Stuttgart, now Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (Germany), and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Catriona Marshall joined Comgest as Head of Responsible Investment in 2024 and is a member of the Comgest Group’s Investment and Sustainability Committees.

Prior to joining Comgest, Catriona spent a decade working with financial regulators and supervisors as a member of the Secretariat to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). As Head of Sustainable Finance (Financial Markets), she led a team of analysts to provide regulatory and policy guidance on ESG rating and investing for G20 countries. This included overseeing analysis on ESG integration into portfolio management, methodologies for ESG metrics, and pricing of perceived ESG risks in markets. Catriona began her career as a buy-side analyst in private equity before moving to other roles in investment research.

Catriona holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of London (SOAS; UK) and a post-graduate degree in Economic Policy from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po; France).

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).

Liudmila Strakodonskaya joined Comgest in 2024 and is a Paris-based ESG Analyst responsible for coverage of US equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, Liudmila worked as an ESG Analyst at AXA IM in Paris, where she developed thematic research, analysis and shareholder engagement on ESG topics with a focus on biodiversity and gender diversity. She represented AXA IM at the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation (FfBF) and co-chaired the FfBF’s Impact Assessment Working Group to help build and share knowledge on biodiversity metrics among investors. She was also involved in the creation of the Nature Action 100 initiative as a member of the launching investor group. Liudmila previously worked at Eleva Capital in Paris from 2019 as an ESG/SRI Analyst, contributing to the development and implementation of the company’s ESG strategy, and began her career in 2016 at EthiFinance in Paris as a Sustainable Investment Analyst specialising in ESG research and reporting.

Liudmila holds a PhD in Economics, with expertise in sustainable finance, from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (France), for which she received a grant from FIR-UN PRI in 2016.

Chantana Ward joined Comgest in 1996 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese equities. She is also a non-executive member of the Board of Partners.

Chantana joined Comgest early in her career, initially working across Asian equities before specialising in Japan. She has been a key contributor to the long-term development of the Japan strategy and travels regularly to Japan to research companies and work closely with the Tokyo-based team.

Chantana holds an MSc in Finance from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business in New York (US), a dual diploma with The American University of Paris (France).

Louis Citroën joined Comgest in 2019 and is a Paris-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in US equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group’s Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Comgest, Louis spent five years at Arete Research in London as an Equity Analyst covering telecoms and media stocks.. From 2011, he worked as a Small Cap Equity Analyst at Financière de l’Echiquier. He began his career in 2009 as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman in Paris.

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

Frédéric Yoboué joined Comgest in 2021 and is a Paris-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, Frédéric worked for three years at Bryan, Garnier & Co. in Paris as a Research Equity Analyst focused on European semiconductor companies. He previously held internship positions as a Buy-Side Equity Analyst for companies including Comgest, LFPI AM and Amundi in Paris.

Frédéric holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from Toulouse Business School and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Toulouse School of Economics, both in France.

Xing Xu joined Comgest in 2020 and is a Paris-based ESG Analyst and Portfolio Manager responsible for ESG coverage of Global Emerging Markets and Asian equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, Xing completed internships at Comgest, the Fosun Group (China), working on strategic investment deals in the technology and financial sectors, and at GF Securities, a leading financial services company in China, within their equity research department.

Xing holds Master’s degrees in Management and Financial Markets from EDHEC Business School (France) and a Bachelor of Science degree in International Economics and Trade from the University of Nottingham (UK & China).

Slabbert van Zyl joined Comgest in 2014 and is a Paris-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global Emerging Markets equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, Slabbert qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and gained six years’ experience as a South African Investment Analyst in Cape Town.

Slabbert holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Pretoria and a post-graduate qualification in Accounting from the University of Johannesburg, both in South Africa. He is a CFA^® charterholder.

Baijing Yu joined Comgest in 2011 and is a Hong Kong-based Analyst and Portfolio Advisor specialising in Greater China equities. She is also a Managing Director of Comgest Far East Limited.

Prior to joining Comgest, Baijing worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong from 2010 as a Senior Analyst and then Associate, covering the Asian TMT sector. She began her career in 2007 at the Royal Bank of Scotland in New York as an investment banking Analyst covering the TMT sector and, later in Hong Kong, covering global private equity firms in the Asia-Pacific region.

Baijing holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor; US).