Sara Bellenda, executive director, joined in May 2017 as Portfolio Manager in the International Equity Group, based in London. Sara is responsible for global real estate securities strategies and also covers European real estate small and mid-cap stocks. Previously she was an equity research analyst at Fidelity Management & Research covering European real estate and UK homebuilders, a role held since 2011. She has also held roles as analyst and fund manager at CBRE Investors and Henderson Global Investors, running Pan-European and global mandates since 2003. Prior to joining the investment management industry, Sara gained experience on the sell-side working for Lehman Brothers in consumer equity research, and at Westmont Hospitality, private equity fund investing in hotels. Sara holds a MBA in Hospitality Management from Cornell/ESSEC business school and is fluent in Italian, English and French