European Value Fund

Florence G. Taj is an investment officer and equity portfolio manager for MFS Investment Management® (MFS®). In this role, she is responsible for buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction, risk control and cash management. She also participates in the research process and strategy discussions. She is based in London. Florence joined MFS as a research analyst in 1999 covering numerous sectors including financials, consumer staples, technology hardware, media and utilities. She has held senior research positions, including consumer cyclicals sector team leader for five years, and launched the firm's Global Listed Infrastructure strategy in 2017 for which she has portfolio management responsibilities. She joined the firm's European Value portfolio management team in 2018. Before joining MFS, she spent three years at Renaissance Solutions, Inc., where she served as senior consultant. She participated in MFS' summer MBA internship program in 1998. Florence earned a master's degree in international management from the University of Ottawa and Reims Management School, now The NEOMA Business School, in France in 1993 and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School in 1999.

GGabrielle Gourgey is an investment officer and director of investments for Europe at MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) and chief executive officer of MFS International (U.K.) Ltd., the firm's UK-domiciled subsidiary. She oversees the MFS UK operation in collaboration with the firm's global leadership team. Gaby joined the firm in 2006 from Merrill Lynch, where she covered the technology and industrials sectors as a sector specialist. She went on to serve as an institutional portfolio manager for several of the firm's European equity strategies and is a member of the portfolio management team of the European research equity strategy. She has held several leadership roles at MFS, including managing the firm's global team of equity institutional portfolio managers and participating in internal committees and working groups such as the Investment Sustainability Committee and the President's Council. Gaby earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bristol University. She is an alumna of London Business School, where she completed the Financial Analysis and Accounting module and the Senior Executive Programme. She represents MFS in the Diversity Project UK.

Benjamin Tingling is an institutional portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management (MFS). In this role, he participates in the research process and strategy discussions, assesses portfolio risk, customizes portfolios to client objectives and guidelines and manages daily cash flows. He also communicates investment policy, strategy and positioning. He is based in London.

Benjamin joined MFS in 2014 in his current role. He previously worked for Man Group Plc for six years, most recently as a derivatives and client on-boarding associate.

Benjamin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and finance from Brunel University. He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation and an Investment Management Certificate (IMC).