OUR INVESTMENT TEAM

Pierre Lamelin joined Comgest in 2012 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group’s Sustainability Committee.

He co-leads the management of several Pan European strategies and contributes widely to the European team’s research coverage for a diverse selection of quality growth stocks across multiple sectors. Pierre started his career in 2004 as an Equity Analyst at Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux where he spent seven years covering the European luxury goods and cosmetics sectors.

He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Sciences Po (Institut d’Etudes Politiques) in Paris and is a CIIA holder (Certified International Investment Analyst).

Swati Madhabushi joined Comgest in 2019 and is a Singapore-based Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Indian equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, she worked with East Capital in Hong Kong for five years focusing on India, ASEAN and frontier Asia markets. She previously worked on the sell-side with UBS covering Indian financials.

Swati holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the India Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a post-graduate diploma from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. She is also a CFA^® charterholder and fluent in Hindi.

Pierre Maindron joined Comgest in 2014 and is an Analyst specialising in Global Emerging Markets equities, notably Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA).

Pierre initially joined Comgest as part of the group’s Organisation and Project department before moving to his current role in 2018. He started his career as an auditor with clients across diverse industries ranging from retail to insurance companies before becoming a consultant specialised in financial services, working for both Société Générale and Crédit Agricole.

Pierre is a CFA^® charterholder and graduated from Arts et Métiers ParisTech in France with a Master’s degree in Engineering.

Francesco Manfredini joined Comgest in 2023 and is an Analyst specialising in U.S. equities.

Francesco contributes to idea generation, researching quality-growth companies across different sectors. Prior to joining Comgest, Francesco was an Analyst and Portfolio Manager for a small- and mid-cap European equity fund and a global flexible fund at Clartan Associés.

Francesco holds Master’s degree in Economics and Business from Sciences Po Paris (France) and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University (Italy).

Catriona Marshall joined Comgest as Head of Sustainable 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.

She graduated from the University of London (SOAS) in the UK with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics before completing a postgraduate degree in Economic Policy from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in France.

Connor Middleton joined Comgest in 2023 and is an Analyst specialising in European equities.

Connor contributes widely to the investment team’s research coverage for a diverse selection of pan-European quality growth stocks. Prior to joining Comgest, he worked as a Global Research Analyst at Newton Investment Management for two years, focusing primarily on the technology, media, and telecom sectors. He started his career as an Analyst at J.P. Morgan in 2018.

Connor holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (with Honours) from the University of Warwick (UK), which included study abroad at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Christophe Nagy joined Comgest in 2009 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in US equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee.

Christophe co-leads Comgest’s US equity strategy and has played an instrumental role in building the US equity team and guiding their research activities. Before joining Comgest, he worked at Mercer Consulting from 1991, at Carmignac Gestion from 1998 where he managed global growth portfolios, and then from 2002 as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management.

Christophe holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from Ecole des Mines in St-Etienne in France and received an MBA from the INSEAD graduate business school near Paris in 1991. 

Alexandre Narboni joined Comgest in 2009 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee.

Alexandre is also responsible for developing and supervising Comgest’s Flex strategies, the firm's first investment strategies to employ hedging techniques with the objective of reducing volatility and drawdowns. He previously worked in the Group’s US equity team. Before joining Comgest, he worked in New York in asset-backed securities at Société Générale from 2005-2007 and then as a hedge fund credit Analyst at HSBC.

Alexandre graduated from the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (ENSAE) in Paris and Columbia University in New York where he was awarded a Master’s degree in Financial Mathematics.

Laure Négiar joined Comgest in 2010 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities. She is also the Global Equity Team manager.

Laure co-manages Comgest's Global and EAFE (Global ex-US) strategies as well as the team’s segregated accounts. Before joining Comgest, she worked at BNP Paribas Equities & Derivatives in Paris and London, and prior to that worked in several roles within the US government.

Laure obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Stanford University (with Honours and Phi Beta Kappa) before graduating on the Dean's list with an MSc in Management from the HEC business school in France. She is also a CFA^® charterholder.

Nick Payne joined Comgest in 2025 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global Emerging Market equities.

Prior to joining Comgest, Nick was Head of Global Emerging Market equities at Jupiter Asset Management in London for seven years. He previously worked at Nomura Asset Management and was a Partner at Rexiter Capital Management, a specialist emerging markets boutique, from 1999 to 2012. His career in emerging markets began at Kleinwort Benson Investment Management in 1996.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Commerce and German from the University of Birmingham (UK) and is an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP), the UK’s forerunner to the CFA, now affiliated with CFA UK, the local chapter of the CFA Institute.