Biography

Rayon Ward is a Senior Equity Analyst and Managing Director for the Growth Equity Strategies Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he covers consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies. He also covers hardware, semiconductor, and communication equipment companies in the information technology sector. Rayon joined Loomis Sayles in 2010 from Evergreen Investments where he was an equity research analyst for the Berkeley Street Growth Equity team supporting the large cap growth and all cap growth strategies since their inception. He has 23 years of investment industry experience. Rayon earned a BS in actuarial science and an MS in economics from the University of the West Indies, and an MS in finance from Bentley University. He is also a CFAĀ® charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Boston.

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About the Growth Equity Strategies Team

Investors on the Growth Equity Strategies team

Aziz Hamzaogullari, CFA
Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Growth Equity Strategies
Brian P. Coyle, CFA
Senior Equity Analyst, Managing Director
Peter V. Linnard
Senior Equity Analyst, Managing Director
Igor M. Chan, CFA
Senior Equity Analyst
Lawrence Keegan, CFA
Senior Equity Analyst
Ryan Hill, CFA
Senior Equity Analyst
Olivier Diolosa, CFA
Senior Equity Analyst
Shaelyn Fitzgerald
Research Associate
Hollie C. Briggs, CFA, CAIA
Head of Global Product Management for Growth Equity Strategies
Adam Mushaweh, CFA, CAIA
Investment Director
John P. O'Shea, CFA
Investment Director
Global Head of Alternative Investments
Julien Raynal
Chief Operating Officer of Growth Equity Strategies
Nicholas S. Gagnon
Co-Head of Trading for Growth Equity Strategies
Daniel E. Maturi, CFA, CAIA
Co-Head of Trading for Growth Equity Strategies
Haroon Perveez
Quantitative Trading Analyst
Ralph A. Vitti, CFA
Senior Business Analyst
Cody M. Lowit
Data Analyst
Fabiana Fagundes
ESG Data Analyst