13. European Investment Conference London

Dr. Ulrich Gerhard | Senior Portfolio Manager – High Yield (BNY)

Herr Dr. Gerhard kam im September 2011 als Senior Credit Analyst innerhalb der Fixed Income Group zu Insight. Seit Juni 2012 verantwortet er als Portfoliomanager die High-Yield-Strategie. Zuvor war er Senior Analyst und Portfoliomanager bei Paternoster Services Ltd. Er begann seine Karriere in der Branche 1997 bei der Portfoliomanagement bei Saudi International Bank (heute Gulf International Bank) als Trainee-Analyst für Hochzinsanleihen und später im Portfoliomanagement. Herr Dr. Gerhard ist promovierter Chemiker der Cambridge University. 

Stephen Auth | CFA, Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Equities (Federated Hermes) 

Steve Auth serves as chief investment officer overseeing all of Federated Hermes’ equity and asset allocation products globally, and brings more than 40 years of investment experience to his position. Steve leads a team of more than 160 portfolio managers, analysts and traders based in Pittsburgh, New York, London, Boston, and Cleveland. In addition, Steve serves as executive vice president for Federated Advisory Services Company, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. and Federated Investment Counseling (all subsidiaries of Federated Hermes).

Chandraprakash Padiyar | Manager Tata India Fund (Spring Capital)

Chandraprakash Padiyar manages over USD 3.7 billion of Indian equities at Tata AM. Joining Tata Asset Management in September 2018 as a Senior Fund Manager, Chandraprakash has over 24 years of experience in research and fund management, building a distinguished career in the financial industry. Starting in equity research at UTI Mutual Fund, the role evolved into a Fund Manager position. Before joining Tata AM, Chandraprakash was a Portfolio Manager for onshore long-only strategies at Alchemy Capital Management Pvt Ltd. Holding an MBA in Finance from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management and having cleared all three levels of the CFA Program from the CFA Institute, USA.

Tatjana Greil-Castro | Co-Head of Public Markets – Portfolio Manager Global Credit Strategies (Muzinich & Co) 

Tatjana Greil Castro kam 2007 zu Muzinich und ist Portfoliomanagerin mit fast drei Jahrzehnten Erfahrung im Bereich Unternehmenskredite. Sie ist Gründungsmitglied der European Leveraged Finance Association und Mitglied der Bond Market Contact Group der Europäischen Zentralbank. Tatjana ist außerdem eine leidenschaftliche Verfechterin der Nachhaltigkeit. Bevor sie zu Muzinich kam, arbeitete Tatjana bei Metlife Investments als Associate Director in der High Return Unit. Zuvor war sie als Senior Portfolio Managerin für europäische Hochzinsanleihen bei Fortis Investments und als Portfolio Managerin und Kreditanalystin bei Legal & General Investment Management tätig. Ihre Karriere begann sie als High Yield Telecom Analyst bei Merrill Lynch. Sie hat einen M.Sc./B.S. in Wirtschaftswissenschaften von der Universität Wien, einen Master vom Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft und einen Ph.D. von der London School of Economics & Political Science. 

Andi Li | CFA, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager (MFS)

Andy Li, CFA, is a fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In
this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk assessment
and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. He is based in London. Prior to joining MFS in 2018, Andy worked for four years as a portfolio manager at Man GLG. He previously served as a portfolio manager for ECM Asset Management for seven years and a management consultant at Accenture for two years. He began his career in financial services in 2005.

Andy earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science with honors from Imperial College, London. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Our portfolio managers are supported by our entire team of investment professionals in nine worldwide offices. The team employs a proprietary investment process to build better insights for our clients. The core principles of our approach are integrated research, global collaboration and active risk management.