Global Contrarian Equity Trust

Anne-Christine (AC) Farstad is an investment officer and equity portfolio manager for the Contrarian Equity strategies at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, she is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk and cash management. She also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. She is based in London. AC joined MFS in 2005 as an equity research analyst before assuming her current role in 2015. Before joining the firm, she worked for two years as an equity research analyst following European and US companies for Bailey Coates Asset Management. She also spent one year in the Global Equity Hedge Fund Sales group for UBS in London. She began her career in the financial services industry in 2002. AC earned a Master of Arts degree in literature from the University of Cambridge.

Zahid Kassam, CFA, is an investment officer and equity portfolio manager for the Contrarian Value strategies at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he is responsible for final buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk and cash management. He also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. He is based in Toronto. Zahid joined MFS in 2013 as an equity research analyst and assumed portfolio management responsibilities in 2021. He previously spent two years as a senior analyst at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's private equity arm and two years as a mergers and acquisitions investment banking analyst at RBC Capital Markets. He began his career in the financial services industry in 2007. Zahid earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration with Ivey Scholar honors from Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Paul Fairbrother, ASIP, is an investment officer and institutional equity portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, he participates in the research process and strategy discussions, assesses portfolio risk, customizes portfolios to client objectives and guidelines, and manages daily cash flows. He is also responsible for communicating investment policy, strategy and positioning. He is based in London. Paul joined MFS in 2019 in his current role after five years at Sarasin & Partners as a business partner and client account director. Prior to that, he served as a European equity portfolio manager, European equity analyst and UK equity portfolio manager for UBS Asset Management over the course of his 21-year tenure there. He began his career in the financial services industry in 1993. Paul earned a bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of Reading. He is a member of the CFA Institute and an Associate of the CFA Society of the UK (ASIP).

Benjamin Tingling is an institutional portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management (MFS). In this role, he participates in the research process and strategy discussions, assesses portfolio risk, customizes portfolios to client objectives and guidelines and manages daily cash flows. He also communicates investment policy, strategy and positioning. He is based in London.

Benjamin joined MFS in 2014 in his current role. He previously worked for Man Group Plc for six years, most recently as a derivatives and client on-boarding associate.

Benjamin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and finance from Brunel University. He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation and an Investment Management Certificate (IMC).