William Davies is Global Chief Investment Officer at Columbia Threadneedle Investments since January 2022. He was previously Chief Investment Officer, EMEA, a role he performed since 2019, with responsibility for the oversight of all EMEA investment strategies.

William joined Threadneedle Investments as a European Equities portfolio manager at the company’s inception in 1994. He became Head of European Equities in 1999 and Head of Global Equities in 2011. In 2016, William became Head of Equities, EMEA and in 2017 he became Global Head of Equities, assuming responsibility for the company’s equity teams across all regions. William performed this role until October 2021. Before this William worked for Eagle Star Investments. He has also worked for Hambros Bank as a European Investment Manager where he led the European equity team.

William holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Exeter University.