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.

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 strategy and contributes widely to the investment team’s research coverage for a diverse selection of quality growth stocks. Prior to joining the firm, she 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.

Abla holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from the NEOMA Business School in France and a Bachelor’s degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico.

William Bohn joined Comgest in 2019 as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager 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 and is a CFA^® charterholder.

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.

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

Laurent Dobler joined Comgest in 1991 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities as well as Deputy Managing Director of Comgest S.A.

As Comgest's longest serving investment team member, Laurent is a lead Portfolio Manager within the European equity team and has been instrumental in forging and refining Comgest's quality growth investment philosophy. He started his career in Geneva in 1986 with Banque Paribas as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager of a German equity fund before he joined the Geneva fund management team of Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild where he specialised in European and Japanese equities.

With a degree in Economics from the Sorbonne University and a Master’s degree in Law from University Paris II, Laurent also studied at Sciences Po - Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (France), where he majored in Finance and Fiscal Policy.

Makoto Egami joined Comgest in 2013 and is a Tokyo-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese equities.

He started his career in 2001 at JP Morgan Chase in Tokyo as a credit Analyst and went on to work for US-based Taiyo Pacific Partners as an investment professional before moving on to Macquarie as a Japanese small-mid cap Analyst. Makoto also held the position of senior industry Analyst at Google Japan.

He graduated from Keio University with a BA in Economics and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (USA), as well as the CMA from the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.