J. Stern & Co. US Stars Equity Class A1 - Accumulation (GBP)

Giles is the Portfolio Manager of the US Stars Equity fund and a partner of J. Stern & Co. He is a stock picker with a fundamental bottom-up driven approach. As an analyst, his focus is in the Information Technology and Communication Services sectors. Prior to joining J. Stern & Co, Giles was an investment analyst at Henderson Global Investors where he specialised for many years in the Technology sector. Giles read Law at the University of Edinburgh (including an exchange year at the Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III) where he graduated with an LLB Hons (2:1). He also has an Masters in Intellectual Property Law LLM (Merit) from University College London.

Chris is a Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of the Firm. Chris is also the portfolio manager of the Firm’s World Stars investment strategy. Chris delivers long-term investments for the Stern family and for the firm’s clients based on the same principles he has successfully implemented over his investment career. As a Managing Partner, Chris leads the firm’s investment practice to deliver value to our clients. Chris has 31 years of financial services experience of which 19 years investing in stocks based on a fundamental value approach with Merian Capital, Magnetar, Lansdowne Partners and Perry Capital. Prior to that he was in investment banking with Lazard Frères in New York. Chris speaks German, English, French and Spanish. He holds a BA from Yale University and a MBA from Harvard Business School. Chris also chairs and is a trustee of the Warburg Charitable Trust.