Daisuke Nomoto is head of Japanese equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Prior to his current role, he was a director and senior portfolio manager on the International Equity Team. Mr. Nomoto joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 2005. Previously, Mr. Nomoto worked as an equity analyst at Putnam Investments. Prior to that, he held a variety of positions for Nippon Life Insurance, including four years as a senior portfolio manager and equity analyst at Nissay Asset Management, Tokyo, and five years as an equity analyst with NLI International. Mr. Nomoto received a B.A. from Shiga University, Japan. He is a chartered member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.

Previously, he worked at Putnam Investments as an analyst. Prior to that, Mr. DiGiacomo worked for Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream as a manufacturing supervisor and served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has been a member of the investment community since 2001. Mr. DiGiacomo received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a licensed Professional Engineer.