The Hague – September 28, 2022 –The Juno Selection Fund, which was launched in 2008 and focuses on smaller listed family-owned companies, has strengthened in its portfolio management team. Bobby Bader (30) has decided to use the experience he gained as a strategy consultant at Roland Berger, to become a financial analyst at Juno. He thus becomes the fourth team member, together with Lennart Smits, Frans Jurgens and Ernest van Tuyll, to focus primarily on the Juno Selection Fund. With his arrival, the total portfolio management/analyst team leading Juno's two mutual funds has grown to seven persons.

Bobby completed his master's degree (cum laude) in Econometrics at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2017, whilst working as a graduate intern at Deloitte's Financial Risk Management department. He subsequently started working as a consultant at Roland Berger in 2017. There he has done advisory work for senior management boards and regularly drafted extensive research reports for companies in the financial sector and private equity firms. He has gained much experience in the fields of business strategy & growth, transformations and business planning.

Bobby Bader: “I was looking for a personal, but professional organization where I would be given the opportunity to fully immerse myself in companies and their business models. Understanding how things really work, and how successful companies can continue their growth in the future, fascinates me. I am curious by nature and like to get to the heart of the matter. This forms a fertile basis for gaining new investment ideas and for closely following progress that is being made by the companies that we have already included in the Juno investment portfolio. Investing successfully, and for the long term, is more than just number crunching, you really need to understand the business models to know why you are investing in a particular (family) business”.

Frans Jurgens, co-founder, and member of the Juno Selection Fund’s portfolio management team: “We have found in Bobby a smart and experienced professional whose background is deliberately not in the financial markets or asset management. We wanted a sharp thinker with a broad range of interests, who wants to know how things work and how things are interconnected. Someone who can also build good, long-term relationships with the management teams of the companies in which we invest. After Duncan Siewe made the switch from the Selection Fund to our sister fund, Continuation, we have been wanting to fill the vacant position for some time now. With Bobby we believe we have found a very suitable successor”.

About Juno Investment Partners

Juno Investment Partners is an independent asset manager based in The Hague. Juno invests in concentrated portfolios of high-quality European listed companies, often family-owned businesses or companies in which founders and directors are shareholders. The selection process emphasises predictable earnings growth, a high return on invested capital, low debt levels, strong margins and free cash flow, and a sustainable competitive advantage.

Launched in January 2008, the Juno Selection Fund focuses on small- and mid-cap European companies. The portfolio typically consists of around fifteen companies. Each is analysed intensively, and regular contact is maintained with management. The investment horizon is long, generally well over five years. Juno’s analysts, portfolio managers and employees also invest their personal capital in the JSF.

In addition to the JSF, Juno offers individually managed accounts through separate mandates, using the same investment approach. Juno holds an AIFM licence issued by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM).