Mr. Gupta is an Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Principal and a member of the Investment Committee at Sustainable Growth Advisers. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, he was a Senior Analyst at MDR Capital Management and an Investment Banking Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to that, Mr. Gupta spent three years in the industry as a Product and Program Manager at Amazon.com and, as part of their strategic executive division, led the launch of Amazon’s Japanese and German merchant platforms.

Kishore Rao a research principal for Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP, subadviser for the John Hancock U.S. Global Leaders Growth Strategy. In addition to providing dedicated research for the strategy, he also serves on Sustainable Growth Advisers’ Investment Committee. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rao was a member of the investment team at Trident Capital, a venture capital firm managing a portfolio of software, technology, and business service companies. Earlier in his career, he served as an investme

Alexandra is an Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Principal and a member of the Investment Committee. Alexandra has been with the firm since 2004. Prior to joining Sustainable Growth Advisers in March 2004, Alexandra was an Associate Director and an equity analyst at Bear Stearns, where she was responsible for coverage of large cap biotechnology companies and served as a member of the firm’s global healthcare research team. Previously, she was employed at JP Morgan as an equity research analyst, and at the Boston Consulting Group as a management consultant. Alex has an M.D. from Yonsei University in Korea and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.