The Polar Capital Sustainable Thematic Equity Team

Thiemo is Head of the Sustainable Thematic Equity Team and Senior Fund Manager of the Polar Capital Smart Energy Fund. Before joining Polar Capital in September 2021, Thiemo was the Head of Thematic Investing Energy/Mobility/Materials of Robeco Switzerland Ltd, Zurich, being the lead manager of the RobecoSAM Smart Energy and the Smart Mobility strategies. Prior to joining Robeco in 2007, Thiemo was Senior Portfolio Manager at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie of the Infology Fund, where he was in charge of the sub-sectors semiconductors and “new technologies”. Thiemo began his investment career at his previous job at Activest/HypoVereinsbank, Munich in 1999. Being promoted to Portfolio Manager in 2002, he held the performance responsibility for the “Activest Lux NanoTech” fund. Before moving to the financial industry, Thiemo worked at Siemens as a development engineer. Thiemo holds a PhD from the Grenoble Institute of Technology in Optics/Photonics, and an engineering degree (Diploma of Electronics) from the University of Stuttgart.

Thomas Guennegues joined Polar Capital in September 2021 as a Senior Analyst on the Polar Capital Smart Energy Fund. As an analyst Thomas has more than ten years of experience in the area of thematic investing. Before joining Polar Capital, Thomas was an Equity Analyst from 2010 within Robeco's thematic product range dedicated to the RobecoSAM Smart Energy and Smart Mobility strategies. In his position, he covered companies active in the areas of renewables, electric equipment and e-mobility. The integration of ESG criteria in the fundamental analysis was an integral part. Thomas gained practical technical experience during his employment at PSA Peugeot Citroën as a Fluid Dynamics Engineering Consultant and as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Thomas holds an Engineering degree and a Master's degree in Fluid Mechanics from the University ISAE-SUPAERO. He is a CFA Charterholder.

Guenther Hollfelder joined Polar Capital in September 2021 as a Senior Analyst on the Polar Capital Smart Energy Fund. Guenther has more than 20 years of experience as an equity analyst covering the technology sector. From January 2019 to August 2021 he worked as a buy-side analyst at Robeco in Zurich dedicated to the RobecoSAM Smart Energy and Smart Mobility strategies. Previously, Guenther was a sell-side equity analyst at Baader-Helvea (2012-2018) and HypoVereinsbank (2001-2009) in Munich and Head of the Semiconductor & Technology Hardware research team at UniCredit in London (2009-2012). Before this Guenther has worked as a trainee for two years at Infineon Technologies in Munich and Cupertino, CA. He holds a MSc from Montpellier Business School in France and a Diploma in Business (elective in information systems & applied computer sciences) from the University of Bamberg in Germany. Guenther is a CFA Charterholder.

Junwei joined Polar Capital in September 2021 as a Senior Analyst on the Polar Capital Smart Energy fund. She has been working in sustainability-focused equity investing and research since 2010.

Before joining Polar Capital, she was at Robeco, where she managed the Gender Equality Impact Strategy and was deputy portfolio manager of the Sustainable Development Goals Strategy. Prior, she was lead analyst for the Sustainable Water Strategy.

Stefanie Rath joined Polar Capital in October 2021 as a Product Specialist. Before joining Polar Capital, Stefanie was a Client Portfolio Manager responsible for Robeco’s thematic and impact equity strategies. As such, she served as the interface between portfolio managers, global sales representatives and various other stakeholders. Consequently, she was the direct point of contact for various kinds of product related queries. Among other tasks her job included daily interactions with wholesale and institutional clients to provide them with timely portfolio updates, taking the latest market developments into account and participation in webinars and roadshows. Before she joined Robeco Switzerland Ltd, Zurich, in 2019 she was employed at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a member of the Third Party Distribution Team. Her career in the investment industry started in 2013 when Stefanie joined the wealth management department at Raiffeisen Capital in Vienna. Stefanie holds a Master's degree in Finance from Grenoble Ecole de Management (London campus) and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Denver.