Shaunak Mazumder

Andrew Koch

Fund Manager

Andrew joined LGIM in August 2014 and runs the European Equity Income strategies. He started his career at Phillips & Drew in 1992, so has ‘Value Investor’ running through his core like a stick of rock. Outside work, he has a secret super-power as a dog-whisperer.

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Gavin Launder

Senior Fund Manager

Gavin Launder is lead fund manager on the L&G European and UK Growth funds, where he manages in excess of £1billion in Pan-Euro assets. He has close to 30 years of investment experience, having joined LGIM in 2007 from BlueBay Asset Management where he was a Global Equities analyst. Gavin's vast experience incorporates a buy-side career, which includes time spent as a portfolio manager with UBS O’Connor. Gavin holds a degree in Philosophy and Economics from University College, London

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Matthew Courtnell

Equities Product Specialist

As an active equity product specialist, Matthew is a research junkie and is always looking for interesting stats and datapoints to form talking points. Matthew joined in 2011 from boutique wealth management business Psigma Investments, where he worked as an equity analyst for 4 years. When not focused on equities, Matthew spends his time indulging in what he considers the finer things in life; as a man of contradiction, this sees him combine his love for Italian wine with a passion for listening to heavy metal music.

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Nigel Masding

Senior Fund Manager

Nigel joined the Global Equity Desk within the Active Equity team at LGIM in Q3 2017 as the Fund Manager for the Real Income Builder (RIB) strategy. Nigel joined LGIM from Longview Partners where he was a Partner and a senior member of the Investment Team researching companies across multiple sectors and geographies. Prior to this, he was a Senior Fund Manager at HSBC Halbis Capital Management, managing global and EAFE portfolios. Nigel has also worked at McKinsey & Company as a Management Consultant and started his career at Arthur Andersen. Nigel has a MA in Economics from St John’s College, Cambridge and a MBA from Warwick University. He is also a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of the ICAEW.

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Stephen Message

Fund Manager

Stephen joined LGIM in 2017 as a Fund Manager for the UK Equity Income portfolios. He joined LGIM from Old Mutual where he was responsible for the management of the Old Mutual UK Equity Income fund from 2009 until 2016. Prior to that, he was a Fund Manager at Bessemer Trust from 2006 until 2008. Stephen graduated from Imperial College London with a MEng in Aeronautical Engineering. He is also a CFA charterholder.

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Veeral Gandhi

Equity Analyst

Veeral joined LGIM in 2015 and is an Analyst for the Asian Income portfolios. Most recently Veeral was a Research Analyst at Amiya Capital, an Emerging Markets Hedge Fund where he had research responsibility for a number of sectors across the emerging countries within Asia. Prior to this, Veeral was a sell-side Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein where he covered the telecoms and semiconductor sectors. Veeral graduated with a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University. He also studied Behavioural Economics at Harvard University and is a CFA charterholder.

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