Aidan O'Connell is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 26 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 20 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as a research director and an equity investment analyst, he had research responsibility as a U.S. small- and mid-cap generalist. Prior to joining Capital, he was an investment analyst and portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton Investments. Before that, Aidan was a research associate and corporate finance associate at Hambrecht & Quist. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and a bachelor's degree in French and English from Dartmouth College. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Aidan is based in London.

Jessica C. Spaly is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She also serves on the Target Date Solutions Committee. She has 26 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 20 years. Earlier in her career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Jessica covered U.S. retailing, branded apparel and footwear, and e-commerce. Prior to joining Capital, Jessica was a private equity analyst for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and an analyst in mergers and acquisitions for Morgan Stanley.

Martin Jacobs is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 35 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 23 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. industrials, machinery and electrical equipment companies. Before joining Capital, Martin was an executive director and senior investment analyst at Brinson Partners, Inc. in Chicago and an industry analyst at Security Pacific Merchant Bank in New York. He was also a research analyst at the Wharton Center for Applied Research, Inc.

Cheryl E. Frank is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 25 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 22 years. Earlier in her career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, she covered health care services and software companies in both the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Capital, she was a fixed income derivatives marketing associate at J.P. Morgan. She holds an MBA and a certificate in global management and public management from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor's degree in environmental science and public policy from Harvard College graduating cum laude. Cheryl is based in San Francisco.

Eric H. Stern is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 32 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 30 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered U.S. health care, insurance, autos and life science companies. Before joining Capital, he served as an analyst in the mergers and acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley & Company. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley graduating Phi Beta Kappa.

Michael Beckwith is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 22 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for five years. Prior to joining Capital, Michael was managing director at Maverick Capital where he was a sector head overseeing global industrials and financials. Before that, Michael held investment roles at Sequoia Capital and Andor Capital Management. Earlier in his career, Michael was an equity investment analyst covering global technology, industrial and financial companies. He holds a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and a bachelor's degree in history from Middlebury College. Michael is based in San Francisco.

J. Blair Frank is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 30 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 29 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, Blair covered U.S. small-cap companies. Before joining Capital, Blair worked as an equity manager at Institutional Capital Corp. in Chicago. He holds an MBA in finance from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in history from Bates College. Blair is based in Los Angeles.