Meet Roger

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Roger Merz CFA®

Head of mtx Portfolio Management, Senior Portfolio Manager

26 years investment experience

14 years with Vontobel

Zurich

Vontobel Asset Management AG

Genferstrasse 27

CH-8022 Zurich

Switzerland

Roger Merz joined Vontobel Asset Management in 2010 as Portfolio Manager. In 2012, he was appointed Head of mtx Portfolio Management within the Conviction Equities Boutique. He manages the mtx strategies Sustainable Emerging Markets Leaders, Sustainable Asian Leaders, Emerging Markets Leaders ex China, and China A-Shares Leaders.

Prior to joining Vontobel, from 2006 to 2010, he worked at Goldman Sachs as a portfolio manager co-managing a long/short mid-caps fund, and as a sell-side equity analyst. He joined the financial industry in 1998. He had portfolio manager as well as sell- and buy-side equity analyst roles, first at Credit Suisse First Boston, then at Morgan Stanley from 2003 to 2006.

Roger holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Zurich. He is a CFA® charterholder.

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