MFS Meridian Contrarian Value Class W1 - Accumulation - GBP

Zahid Kassam, CFA, is an investment officer and equity portfolio manager for the Contrarian Value strategies at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. He is based in Toronto. Zahid joined MFS in 2013 as an equity research analyst and assumed portfolio management responsibilities in 2021. He previously spent two years as a senior analyst at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan?s private equity arm and two years as a mergers and acquisitions investment banking analyst at RBC Capital Markets. He began his career in the financial services industry in 2007. Zahid earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration with Ivey Scholar honors from Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Anne Christine (AC) Farstad is an investment officer and portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). Before joining MFS in 2005, Anne Christine worked for two years as an equity research analyst following European and US companies for Bailey Coates Asset Management. She also spent one year in the Global Equity Hedge Fund Sales group for UBS in London. Anne Christine earned her Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge. Our portfolio managers are supported by our entire team of investment professionals in nine worldwide offices. The team employs a proprietary investment process to build better insights for our clients. The core principles of our approach are integrated research, global collaboration and active risk management.