Charles Montanaro has managed this fund for 3 years and 2 months.

Charles graduated with an honours degree in Anthropology from Durham University in 1976. He spent four years in industry before joining Merrill Lynch in 1980 as a private client broker in London. He joined Dean Witter Reynolds in 1984 and Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1987 as a Senior Vice President where, in both cases, he was their top institutional broker in the UK, joining the high-yield bond department in 1989. In 1990, Charles joined MMG Patricof (now Apax Partners) as a Director of investment banking working with UK private and public smaller companies. In August 1991, he founded Montanaro to specialise in analysing and investing in quoted European smaller companies on behalf of leading institutions. He has since launched and managed several funds and established a strong track record. In addition, he has served on the Boards of two public smaller companies. He was appointed a Director of the Montanaro European Smaller Companies plc on 12 January 2012.

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George Cooke has managed this fund for 3 years and 11 months.

George graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2005 with an undergraduate degree in Management Studies. He spent a further year of study there at the end of which he was awarded a Masters (with Distinction) in Corporate Strategy & Governance. Immediately following this, he joined the graduate scheme at Aon Benfield (formerly Aon Re). Having completed this scheme, George settled as an Analyst within the ReSolutions department where he specialised in assisting with the capital and runoff issues of insurance and reinsurance companies. During his time at the company, George received a Diploma in Insurance. He is also a CFA Charterholder. After three and a half years with Aon Benfield, George joined Montanaro in July 2010. He is the Fund Manager of the European Income Fund, the European Smaller Companies Fund, the European Smaller Companies Trust and the Global Select Fund. Additionally, he has Analyst responsibilities for the Healthcare and Insurance sectors. His qualifications are BA (Hons) in Management Studies, University of Nottingham (2005); MA (with Distinction) in Corporate Strategy & Governance, University of Nottingham (2006); Exams passed for Diploma in Insurance; Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

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