Al Bryant is a portfolio manager and CIO/DOR in the Industrial Life Cycle (ILC) Equity team, specifically managing the Emerging Market (large cap) and Emerging Market Opportunities (smid cap) strategies. Mr. Bryant joined River and Mercantile in June of 2017. Prior to that, Al spent twelve years at Credit Suisse.  During that time, Al focused on developing and implementing global equity investment strategies based upon the ILC framework. The ILC framework is a structured global equity investment process that Al has been developing since 2004. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Bryant spent four years as a portfolio manager for institutional and private clients at Segall Bryant & Hamill Investment Counsel, based in Chicago. Mr. Bryant holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a BA in Urban Studies and Economics from the College of Wooster

Alex joined R&M in 2020 as an Equity Analyst to work across several of the global funds. Prior to joining R&M, he worked as an Equity Analyst at investment bank Peel Hunt for four years covering the UK Building & Construction sector. Alex started his career as an M&A analyst at Spayne Lindsay. He graduated from the University of Durham in 2014 with an Upper Second Class Degree in Biology.

Anna graduated from the University of Bath with a First-Class Honours degree in Economics in 2012. Prior to joining R&M, Anna worked as a product specialist at Neptune Investment Management undertaking analysis on their equity fund range. Anna joined River and Mercantile in 2018 as an Equity Analyst to work closely on the UK portfolios. In 2021, she was promoted to alternate Portfolio Manager on the ES River and Mercantile UK Equity Income fund. Anna is a CFA charterholder.

Charles graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a degree in Philosophy, Psychology and Physiology. He spent five years in the Royal Navy, including active service in the Gulf. After studying for an MBA at Columbia Business School, New York, he worked as a sell-side Equity Research Analyst for Toronto Dominion Securities (USA). Returning to the UK, he worked as a Technical Product Manager at Micromuse, worked on his own technology start-up and studied for an MSc in Computer Science at Imperial College, London. Before joining RAMAM, he worked at Advanced Portfolio Technologies (APT) in software development and risk consulting. Charles joined RAMAM in July 2006. Charles is the Managing Director of the PVT Equity team. Charles is a CFA charter holder.

Eduard graduated from Barcelona University in 2010 with a First-Class Honours degree in Mathematics. In 2011 he took a Masters in Financial Forecasting & Investment at the University of Glasgow where he graduated with distinction. Prior to joining R&M, he worked at P-Solve (now Schroders Solutions) as an Investment Analyst, gaining extensive experience and exposure across a wide array of functions and asset classes. Eduard joined River and Mercantile in January 2015 as an Equity Analyst and has supported the Global and Recovery focused strategies since. In January 2022 Eduard started managing the sleeve of International stocks in the UK Recovery fund. Eduard is a CFA charterholder.

George graduated from Bristol University with an Upper Second Class degree in Chemistry in 2008 before joining Smith & Williamson Investment Management as a graduate trainee where he worked for five years as an analyst and Private Client Investment Manager. George joined R&M in March 2014 and is Portfolio Manager of the ES R&M UK Equity Smaller Companies Fund and the R&M UK Micro Cap Investment Company. George is a CFA charter holder.

Hugh graduated from the London School of Economics with a degree in Economics. He joined Gartmore in 1987 as a UK equities graduate trainee and moved to Phillips & Drew in 1990, managing UK equities throughout his twelve years there. In March 2000 Hugh was promoted to Head of UK Equities at UBS Global Asset Management and Chairman of the UK Equities Committee.  He joined Société Générale Asset Management in 2002 as Head of UK Equities. Hugh was one of the founding members of R&M Asset Management in 2006. Hugh is Head of Value and Recovery strategies within the PVT Equities team and manages the UK Alpha, UK Recovery, Global Recovery and Global Alpha strategies.

Laura graduated cum Laude from the University of Milan Bicocca with a degree in Business Administration and Management in 2014. She continued her studies obtaining cum Laude a MSc in Finance at Bocconi University in 2017, with major in Quantitative Finance. Laura started her career in Milan, working as a research assistant at Bocconi University, and then joining Morgan Stanley Investment Management sales office. She moved to London in 2017, working as an associate at London Stock Exchange Group, prior to become a multi-asset portfolio analyst at Natixis Investment Managers in 2018. Laura joined R&M in 2020 as Equity Analyst, with a focus on Quantitative Research. Laura is a CFA charter holder.

Matt has over 20 years' experience of managing UK equities, with a deep specialist knowledge of equity income strategies. After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand, Matt started his investment career in 2001 as an assistant fund manager at AIB Govett Fund Management. In 2001, he joined Cazenove Fund Management to launch a new fund, the Equity Income Trust for Charities and to develop his investment approach for equity income. In 2005 he launched the Cazenove UK Equity Income Fund which became one of the best performing funds in the income sector, eventually growing to c.£1bn in assets under management and which was twice shortlisted for the IA best UK equity income fund of the year.  For over a decade Matt was a key member of the highly successful and award winning Pan European Equities team at Cazenove Capital, combining his portfolio management responsibilities with his analytical work on a range of UK sectors including Banking, Utilities, Chemicals, Mining and the Building & Construction sectors. In 2013, Matt moved, along with the rest of the business cycle team, to Schroders following their take-over of Cazenove. He continued to focus on his key income fund responsibilities and was later appointed as the Head of the Schroders Pan European Business Cycle Team, managing a team of senior Portfolio Managers responsible for client assets of over £5bn in long and long/short strategies. Matt joined R&M in 2022 and is lead portfolio manager of the ES River and Mercantile UK Equity Income Fund.

Mayan graduated from the University of Oxford in 2007 with an Upper Second-Class degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. In 2009 he took a Masters in Finance, Money and Banking at the University of St Andrews where he graduated with Distinction. Mayan joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 where he worked as an Associate in the Global Investment Research team working specifically on equity analysis in the small and mid-cap sectors. In 2014 he joined Sanford C. Bernstein where he researched European Utilities. Mayan joined River and Mercantile in November 2015 as an Equity Analyst specialising in analysis on companies in the small and micro-cap sectors of the UK Market. During his time at River and Mercantile, he has been Director of Research, responsible for the bottom-up research and alpha generation process, and alternate portfolio manager on the UK Smaller Companies strategy. Mayan is currently co-manager of the UK Dynamic Equity strategy.

Sudin Poddar, CFA is a Portfolio Manager and Analyst on the Industrial Life Cycle (ILC) Equity team. Prior to joining River and Mercantile Group in June of 2017, Mr. Poddar spent ten years at Credit Suisse helping build and grow a core equities business centered on the Industrial Life Cycle framework. Primary amongst his responsibilities was to manage a Global All Country Small Cap strategy which was incepted in January of 2014. Mr. Poddar holds an MBA in Financial Analysis and a BS in Business with a Major in Finance from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Will graduated from the University of Oxford with a First-Class Honours Degree in Modern History, before joining R&M as an equity analyst in 2009. In 2013 he was promoted to Director of Research and in 2014 became alternate Portfolio Manager on Hugh Sergeant’s Recovery and Alpha strategies.   Will is the lead Portfolio Manager on the Global Sustainable Opportunities strategy, and co-manager of the UK Dynamic Equity strategy and Global Alpha strategy.