Luke Coha was appointed deputy fund manager on the M&G Global High Yield Bond Fund in January 2018. He initially joined the M&G Retail Fixed Interest team in April 2014 as a high yield specialist focused on the US high yield bond market. Prior to joining M&G, Luke spent eight years at Fitch Ratings in the US as a lead healthcare analyst and before that, six years with Coopers & Lybrand Consulting as a management consultant to hospitals, health systems and physician organisations. Luke is an MBA graduate from De Paul University (Kellstad Graduate School of Business), having previously obtained a business degree at the University of Iowa.

Stefan Isaacs started at M&G in 2001 and was promoted to corporate bond dealer specialising in high yield bonds and euro denominated credit. He joined the fund management team in 2006 as an assistant fund manager covering high yield and European investment grade for M&G's fixed interest fund range. He was appointed fund manager of the M&G European Corporate Bond Fund in April 2007 and the M&G High Yield Corporate Bond Fund in October 2010. Stefan graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a degree in international business and French. James Tomlins joined M&G in 2011 and was appointed fund manager of the M&G European High Yield Bond Fund later that year. In January 2014, he became co-manager of the M&G High Yield Corporate Bond Fund after two years being deputy manager on the fund. James is a specialist in high yield credit with more than 10 years’ experience in this sector. He was previously an analyst and then a fund manager at Cazenove Capital Management. Before Cazenove, James was at KBC Alternative Investment Management and in the three years prior to that worked at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. James is a CFA charterholder. He holds an MA in history and PgDip in economics from the University of Cambridge.