Simon Haines is a portfolio manager and with research responsibility for the industrials sectors and the Asia-Pacific region. Simon joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments firms in 1999 as a trainee portfolio manager, progressing to portfolio manager in January 2005, where he managed the Threadneedle UK Mid 250 Fund and co-managed the Threadneedle UK Extended Alpha Fund. He has been a member of the investment community since 1999. He received a degree in biology from Oxford University. In addition, Simon holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.