Fund Inception | 11/08/2019 |
Name of Issuer | American Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Capital Research and Management Company |
Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for AGVEX
Gérald du Manoir
Portfolio Manager since 04/01/2011
Gerald Du Manoir is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 34 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 33 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, Gerald covered European construction building materials and European consumer goods companies. Gerald began his career at Capital as a participant in The Associates Program, a two-year series of work assignments in various areas of the organization. Prior to joining Capital, he spent six months with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette/Autranet in New York.
Philip Winston
Portfolio Manager since 03/01/2014
Philip Winston is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 39 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 27 years. Earlier in his career, in addition to being a portfolio manager, Philip was an equity investment analyst at Capital covering UK property and paper & packaging companies, as well as European property and media companies. Before joining Capital, he was a director and UK equity fund manager at BZW Investment Management in London. Prior to that, he worked at Orion Royal Bank in London and New York.
Steven Watson
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2017
Steven T. Watson is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He also serves on the Global Solutions Committee. He has 36 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 34 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered Asian property and transportation, as well as European transportation and utilities companies. Before joining Capital, Steven was a buy-side research analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York.
Eu-Gene Cheah
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2024
Eu-Gene Cheah is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 26 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was an equity investment analyst covering pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies globally. He was also a country analyst for Singapore. Before joining Capital, Eu-Gene was a physician in the UK, where he was a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, France, and a degree in clinical medicine from Oxford University.
Brantley Thompson
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2025
Brant W. Thompson is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 28 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 16 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.
Noriko Chen
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2025
Noriko Honda Chen is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She also serves on the Capital Group Management Committee. She has 33 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 25 years. Earlier in her career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Noriko covered Asian infrastructure, building materials and construction companies, as well as oil, gas and refining companies. She was also a research director for one of the global groups. Before joining Capital, she worked in the research department of Worldsec International Limited in Hong Kong (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Bank) and was a manager in corporate finance. Noriko holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Williams College and a degree in the Japanese Language Bekka Program at Keio University, Tokyo. Noriko is based in San Francisco.