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.

Richmond Wolf is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. As an equity investment analyst he covers U.S. medical technology companies. He has 20 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Prior to joining Capital, he was the assistant vice president for technology transfer at the California Institute of Technology and a cofounder of WebEventBroadcasting and Xen Golf. He holds a PhD from the California Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree from Princeton University graduating cum laude. Richmond is based in Los Angeles.

Tomoko Fortune is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 27 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for seven years. Prior to joining Capital, Tomoko worked as a managing partner at Criterion Capital Management. Before that, she was an associate at Goldman Sachs & Co. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth College. Tomoko is based in San Francisco.

Lara Pellini is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 24 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in her career at Capital she was an equity investment analyst, covering European, Eurasian and Latin American retail and luxury goods. Lara began her 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, she was a research fellow for the International Labor Organisation in Geneva, and a research assistant to the economics chair of the IULM University in Milan. She holds a master's degree in economics of labor and industrial relations from the London School of Economics and a laurea in public relations and economics of information from the IULM University, Milan. Lara is based in London.

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.

Peter Gusev is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. As an equity investment analyst, he has research responsibility as a generalist and for small- and mid-cap companies. He has 29 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 18 years. Prior to joining Capital, he was a small- and mid-cap specialist at Goldman Sachs & Co. He holds a bachelor's degree from West Texas A&M University. Peter is based in London.