| Fund Inception | 03/15/2001 |
| Name of Issuer | Capital Group |
| Fund Advisor(s) | Capital Research and Management Company |
| Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for AFIFX
Brady Enright
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2006
Brady Enright is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He is also chair of the Equity Management Committee. He has 35 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 29 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered U.S. small-cap companies, as well as commercial services and supplies companies. Prior to joining Capital, Brady was an equity research analyst and portfolio manager for Provident Investment Counsel. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in biology from Stanford University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Brady is based in San Francisco.
Mark Casey
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2011
Mark L. Casey is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 24 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, Mark was an equity investment analyst and covered U.S. media, entertainment, newspapers, infrastructure software, internet and document imaging. Prior to joining Capital, he was a director and product manager for Siebel Systems. He holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University graduating magna cum laude. Mark is based in San Francisco.
Mathews Cherian
Portfolio Manager since 10/01/2015
Mathews Cherian is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 29 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 22 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. and European semiconductor companies. Prior to joining Capital, Mathews was a senior equity analyst for Pangaea Capital in Boston. Before that, he was an equity analyst with David L. Babson and a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and both a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's degree in electrical science and engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mathews is based in San Francisco.
Paul Benjamin
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2017
Paul Benjamin is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 20 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was an equity investment analyst, covering U.S. large-cap software companies. Prior to joining Capital, he managed the European operations for Interelate, a technology start-up funded by Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree in finance and religion from Northwestern College graduating magna cum laude. Paul is based in Los Angeles.
Irfan Furniturewala
Portfolio Manager since 10/01/2018
Irfan M. Furniturewala is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 24 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. hardware and semiconductor companies. Prior to joining Capital, Irfan was a senior design engineer at Motorola, Inc., and he is a co-inventor of two patents approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, and a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from the University of Mumbai. Irfan is based in Los Angeles.
Dimitrije Mitrinovic
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2020
Dimitrije Mitrinovic is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 24 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 18 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. small- and mid-cap industrials, U.S. insurance companies, Canadian banks and Canada as a generalist. Prior to joining Capital, Dimitrije was a part of Goldman Sachs's private equity group in New York. Before that, he was an equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs in London. He holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard College graduating magna cum laude. Dimitrije is based in New York.
Diana Wagner
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2022
Diana Wagner is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 25 years. Earlier in her career as an equity investment analyst, she covered global semiconductor equipment and paper & forest products companies, as well as U.S. health care services. Prior to joining Capital, Diana was at ING Barings in London and at SBC Warburg in New York. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree in art history from Yale University. Diana is based in New York.
Brantley Thompson
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2025
Brant Thompson is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 30 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 18 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered communications technology, U.S. cable and telecom companies, towers, data centers and U.S. and European autos and suppliers. Before joining Capital, he was the head of the communications technology research team in global equity research for Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, he worked at J.P. Morgan, as head of the European communications technology research team in London. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce with concentrations in finance and marketing from the University of Virginia. Brant is based in San Francisco.
Franco Tapia
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2026
Franco Tapia is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. Prior to joining Capital, Franco worked as a portfolio manager and director of research at BlackRock. Before that, he was a portfolio manager, partner and senior analyst at Pzena Investment Management. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard College. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® credential. Franco is based in New York.
