Charles Montanaro – Chairman/Fund Manager
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.
Cedric Durant des Aulnois – Chief Executive Officer
Cédric joined Montanaro in April 2007, becoming Chief Executive Officer of Montanaro Asset Management on 1 January 2016. Cedric holds a MBA from Instituto de Empresa, a Master’s in Finance and Economics from the LSE and a Master’s in Finance and Banking from Paris-based Université Dauphine. Cédric is bilingual in French and English.
Mark Rogers – Head of Investments
Mark graduated with a degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Wales, Bangor in 1986. Since then he has spent his whole career in the asset management industry, the last 12 years managing buy side research teams.
In March 2014 Mark joined Montanaro as Head of Investments, and in 2018 he became co-Fund Manager of the Better World Fund. Mark is also a member of both the Investment and ESG Committees.
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