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Advisor Information for CIVGX

Fund Inception10/30/2020
Name of IssuerAmerican Funds
Fund Advisor(s)Capital Research and Management Company
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Fund Managers for CIVGX

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.
Eu-Gene Cheah
Portfolio Manager since 07/01/2019
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.
Samir Parekh
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2025
Samir Parekh is an equity portfolio manager and a global research coordinator at Capital Group. He has 23 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 17 years. Earlier in his career, he covered European small-cap companies, ex-U.S. exchanges and India as a generalist. Prior to joining Capital, Samir was a research analyst for both Bernstein Investment Research and Management and Insight Asset Management (India) Limited, and a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. He holds a post-graduate diploma in business administration (equivalent to an MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a bachelor's degree in commerce from Sydenham College, Bombay University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Samir is based in London.