OUR INVESTMENT TEAM

Mum Taggu joined Comgest in 2023 and is an Analyst specialising in Indian equities.

Mum contributes widely to the investment team’s research coverage for a diverse selection of Indian quality growth stocks. Prior to joining Comgest, she worked at Rothchilds in Mumbai as an investment banking analyst, focusing primarily on the industrials, auto and telecom sector. She started her career as a research analyst at Credit Suisse in 2021 where she covered the Indian auto industry.

Mum holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM - A) in India.

Sébastien Thévoux-Chabuel joined Comgest in 2013 and is Head of Responsible Investment as well as a member of the Comgest Group's Investment and Sustainability Committees.

As a long-standing ESG Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Developed Markets, particularly Europe and the U.S., Sébastien meets and engages with company management alongside the firm’s investment Analysts and prepares in-depth ESG reports. Prior to joining Comgest, he worked at Oddo Securities as a Technology Analyst before transitioning to the role of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Analyst which he held for five years. Sébastien previously worked as a Portfolio Manager at BFT Gestion (Crédit Agricole) and began his career as a buy-side Analyst at Deutsche Bank in 1998.

He graduated from the ESCP business school in Paris in 1997 before completing a post-graduate degree in Financial Engineering at the Sorbonne University.

Slabbert van Zyl joined Comgest in 2014 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global Emerging Markets equities.

He co-leads the GEM, GEM ex-China and GEM Plus strategies. Slabbert contributes to the investment team's research coverage by selecting diverse quality growth GEM companies. 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 graduated from the University of Pretoria with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting before gaining a post-graduate qualification in the same field from the University of Johannesburg. He is a CFA^® charterholder.

Eric Voravong joined Comgest in 2017 and is an ESG Analyst responsible for coverage of Japan.

From 2008-2017, Eric collaborated with Comgest as an independent investment consultant, particularly on several key projects involving ESG integration. He previously worked for ADI Alternative Investments in Paris as a Senior Analyst in their research team before establishing his consultancy firm. Eric began his career in corporate banking in 1989 at Banque Paribas where he worked for 15 years, starting as a Risk Analyst before moving on to other roles including Account Manager, Credit Officer and Portfolio Manager. He worked in Paris, Los Angeles and London, where he joined their Equity Research team focusing on telecom and technology companies.

He holds a diploma from the Emlyon Business School (France) and is a CFA^® charterholder.

Chantana Ward joined Comgest in 1999 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese equities. She is also a non-executive member of the Board of Partners.

Chantana co-leads portfolios within Comgest’s Asia ex Japan, Asia including Japan and Japanese equity strategies, and has been an important contributor to the development of these strategies. Based in Paris, she travels regularly to Japan to research companies and spend time with the Tokyo-based team members. 

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

Franz Weis joined Comgest in 2005 and is a Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. In addition to being the Group’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO), he is also a Managing Director and a member of the Executive Committee. 

Franz leads the firm's European research efforts and co-leads the management of the majority of Comgest’s European equity strategies. In his role as CIO, Franz oversees the firm’s investment teams and chairs the Investment Committee, which is responsible for applying Comgest’s philosophy on successful long-term investing. He started his career in 1990 at Baillie Gifford & Co. where he worked as a Portfolio Manager before joining F&C Asset Management as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of European Equities in 1996.

Franz graduated from Heriot-Watt University (Scotland) with a Master’s degree in International Banking and Financial Studies and received the International Bankers in Scotland Prize in 1990.

Xing Xu joined Comgest in 2020 and is an ESG Analyst and Portfolio Manager responsible for ESG coverage of Asian and Global Emerging Markets.

Xing co-leads the management of the GEM Plus equity strategy. She meets and engages with company management alongside members of Comgest’s investment team and prepares in-depth ESG reports. Xing was an intern at Comgest prior to joining the firm. She has also undertaken internships in China at Fosun Group, 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 is fluent in Mandarin, holds Master’s degrees in Management and Financial Markets from EDHEC Business School (France) as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in International Economics and Trade from the University of Nottingham (UK & China).

Jimmy Yang joined Comgest in 2019 and is an Analyst specialising in Greater China equities.

Jimmy began his financial career at China Renaissance Securities in Hong Kong where he held the role of Equity Associate Analyst specialised in the Asia Technology and Internet sectors. Prior to joining Comgest, Jimmy worked at T. Rowe Price Investment Management where he built, maintained and updated financial models for Asia Tech and Internet companies and assisted the senior Analysts with deeper coverage of these sectors.

Jimmy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (with Honours) from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is fluent in Mandarin.

Frédéric Yoboué joined Comgest in 2021 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities.

Frédéric previously worked as a Research Equity Analyst focused on European semiconductor companies at Bryan, Garnier & Co. in Paris for three years. Prior to that, he 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 (France).

Baijing Yu joined Comgest in 2011 and is a Hong Kong-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Greater China equities.

Baijing was named co-lead of the China strategy in 2014. A native Mandarin speaker, she started her career in 2007 as an investment banking Analyst of the TMT sector at the Royal Bank of Scotland in New York and then Hong Kong, where she covered global private equity firms in the Asia Pacific region. In 2010 she joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a senior Analyst, then Associate, covering the Asia TMT sector.

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