Meet Donny

Donny Kranson joined Vontobel in July 2007. His role as Senior Research Analyst for global stocks within Quality Growth expanded in 2013 to also include Portfolio Manager. His current responsibilities entail managing the strategies European Equity and International Equity and conducting research analysis on individual stocks, which may be included in the portfolios managed within Quality Growth. He focuses on the consumer staples sector, which is core for these portfolios.

Prior to joining Vontobel, he worked as a buy-side analyst at Scout Capital Management from 2006, where he evaluated healthcare and consumer companies in both developed and emerging markets. He began his career in the investment industry in 1999 on the sell-side at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., where he analyzed companies based in the US and Europe from the technology sector and later the healthcare sector.

Donny received a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research from Columbia University in New York. He is also a CFA® charterholder.