Alan Connery is a Portfolio Manager/Analyst for International Discovery and European Growth Equities. He joined the firm as a European mid-cap analyst in 2005 and became a sector analyst with coverage of European banks in 2009. Additionally, Connery joined the portfolio management team for UK Growth in 2007 and became lead Portfolio Manager of UK and European Growth Equities in 2011. He previously worked at Schroders plc on the UK specialist and UK small-cap portfolio-management teams and as a pan-European research analyst. Connery holds a BA in classics from Oxford University and has completed the Institute of Investment Management and Research (IIMR) examinations. Location: London