Dave Chappell started his career in 1987 at Royal Bank of Scotland as an operations supervisor before moving to Irving Trust co as an operations manager. In 1989, he joined Scudder Investments1 and in 1997 became an Insurance fund manager and a US market expert in Threadneedle’s Government Fixed Income Team. Dave also manages a number of Global Government Funds. Dave obtained his Investment Management Certificate in 1996. Scudder Investments became part of Threadneedle in 1997.

Martin Harvey joined Threadneedle in July 2006 as a trainee fund manager in government bonds. He has been supporting Threadneedle’s absolute return capability since 2007, with specific responsibility for maintaining the short-dated bond portfolio, idea generation and monitoring the overlay strategies. In September 2009, Martin became the lead fund manager of the T Lux European Bond and European Shortterm Bond funds. He also plays an active role in the formulation of the investment department’s economic forecasts and supports the team in the management of a range of long-only and absolute return products. Before joining Threadneedle, Martin worked for HSBC as a research assistant to the Chief Economist. He graduated in 2006 from the University of Bath with a First Class BSc (Hons) in Economics and is a CFA Charterholder.