Charles Anniss joined M&G in 2000 as a member of the investment communications team and became an analyst on the equities team in 2003, focusing on European smaller companies. In 2006, he took responsibility for managing the M&G European Smaller Companies Fund, and in January 2011 he was appointed co-manager of the M&G Pan European Fund and the M&G European Fund. Charles graduated with a degree in French and Spanish from Bristol University and is a CFA charterholder.