Ben Stapley, managing director, is a portfolio manager in the J.P. Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group – Behavioural Finance Team, based in London. Ben is part of the Style sub-team and has experience of managing growth, value, dividend, active extension and absolute return portfolios. Since 2014 Ben has focused on managing growth style portfolios and is a named portfolio manager of JPMorgan Funds – Europe Strategic Growth Fund and JPM UK Equity Growth Fund. In addition Ben is a named portfolio manager of JPMorgan Funds – Europe Equity Plus Fund which is an active extension strategy. An employee since 2002, Ben holds a BA degree in Economics and is a CFA charterholder.