Axa Framlington American Growth Z Acc

David Shaw

10-01-2025

David Shaw joined AXA Investment Managers in June 2016 as the Portfolio Manager of the AXA Framlington US Select Growth strategy and deputy Portfolio Manager of the AXA Framlington American Growth fund. He was promoted to Co-Head of Global Equities in 2020 and currently manages the AXA Global Sustainable Distribution fund and co-manages the AXA Framlington Global Sustainable Managed fund. Prior to joining AXA IM, David was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Aerion Fund Management, where he spent 13 years co-managing a $1.5bn North American equity portfolio. Preceding that he spent 10 years as a UK fund manager and analyst, at Aerion Fund Management, NPI Asset Management and Natwest Investment Management. David holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from City University, London. He is a member of CFA UK (ASIP) and has completed the London Business School Investment Management Programme.

Gordon Happell

11-02-2025

Gordon Happell is a Portfolio Manager in the UK Equities team. He joined Columbia Threadneedle through the acquisition of BMO GAM (EMEA) in 2021, having previously been with BMO since 2014. Before joining the group, Gordon worked at Henderson Global Investors, specialising in Global Technology, and Aegon Asset Management where he was a Smaller Companies Investment Manager in the UK Equity team. Gordon has a first-class honours degree in Accounting from Strathclyde University and is a CFA charterholder.