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Christian Hantel

Head of Global Corporate Bonds

23 years investment experience

10 years with Vontobel

Zurich

Vontobel Asset Management AG

Genferstrasse 27

CH-8022 Zurich

Switzerland

Christian Hantel joined Vontobel in October 2015. He is Head of Global Corporate Bonds and is responsible for the corresponding funds and mandates.

Prior to joining Vontobel, he was Senior Portfolio Manager at Swisscanto Asset Management AG from 2012 to 2015. In this role, he managed corporate bond funds as well as multi-currency institutional mandates. He was also lead analyst for various investment-grade and high-yield segments and corporate bonds, including those of emerging markets. From 2005, he worked at BNY Mellon Asset Management in Düsseldorf, heading the Credit Investment Grade team focusing on investment-grade and high-yield issuers, including the management of corporate bond funds. Before that, he at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Corporate Finance/M&A for several year.

Christian holds a diploma in Business Administration from the University of Cologne and a Master's degree in International Management from CEMS-HEC Paris. In 2011, he obtrained the Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) qualification.

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