M & G Optimal Income Class X Accumulation

Richard Woolnough
Located in: London

Richard joined M&G in January 2004 and is a fund manager on the fixed interest desk.Richard`s date of birth is 11th May 1964.Funds managed:M&G Corporate Bond Fund,M&G Strategic Corporate Bond Fund.Richard is also responsible for managing the Fixed Interest portion of the following fund:Prudential Managed Income Trust.Previous companies and responsibilities:On leaving university he joined Lloyds merchant bank as a trainee gilt salesman. Following the `big bang` he moved on to join Prudential-Bache securities as a gilt salesman. Richard then moved across to the fund management arena in 1987, he joined Assicurazioni Generali, Italy`s largest insurance company, as a manager of equities and Sterling bonds. In 1993 he joined S.G. Warburg as a member of their sterling bond trading team, where he was given responsibility for the most heavily traded sector. Richard moved out of London to join Old Mutual in 1995, where he was recruited to run a Sterling based annuity portfolio. He wasinstrumental in the planing, launch, and for the running of the successful Old Mutual Corporate Bond fund from launch in the summer of 2000.Academic training:Richard gained a degree in economics from the London School of Economics between 1982 and 1985.