Nuestro equipo

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 se incorporó a Comgest en 2005 y es gestor especializado en renta variable europea. Además de ser nombrado Chief Investment Officer (CIO) del Grupo, Franz también es Director General de Comgest Global Investors y miembro del Consejo de Socios y del Comité Ejecutivo.

Franz dirige las actividades de investigación europeas y codirige la gestión de la mayoría de las estrategias de renta variable europea de Comgest. En su nuevo cargo de CIO, Franz supervisa los equipos de inversión de la empresa y preside el Comité de Inversiones, responsable de aplicar la filosofía de inversión a largo plazo de Comgest. Comenzó su carrera en 1990 en Baillie Gifford & Co, donde trabajó como Gestor de Cartera antes de incorporarse a F&C Asset Management como Gestor de Cartera Senior y Director de Renta Variable Europea en 1996.

Se licenció en la Universidad Heriot-Watt (Escocia) con un Máster en Banca Internacional y Estudios Financieros y recibió el Premio de los Banqueros Internacionales de Escocia en 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).

Alicia Zhang joined Comgest in 2022 and is an Analyst specialising in US equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, Alicia was based in Hong Kong for seven years at SAFE Investment Company, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, where she first worked as a Research Analyst in the US health care sector before becoming a Sector Portfolio Manager in 2018. Alicia was previously a Research Analyst at Spring Capital in Shanghai, focused on US growth stocks and directly supporting the Portfolio Manager/Co-founder’s investment decisions for the company’s US portfolio.

Alicia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Insurance (Actuarial Science) from the Faculty of Economics and Management School of Statistics at East China Normal University.