Samuel Bevan is an Investment Director on the EMD team at abrdn and is the lead portfolio manager of the Emerging Markets SDG Corporate Bond Fund. Sam has over a decade of investing experience, having joined the company in October 2011. He is based in London and has completed secondments in our offices in São Paulo and Singapore. An advocate of sustainable investing, Sam has completed the Oxford Impact Investing Programme (2019) with Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and the Certificate of Advanced Studies in SDG Investing (2021) with The Graduate Institute, Geneva. Sam graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Bath, completing a 12-month placement with City Asset Management, where he researched emerging market equity funds. Sam is a CFA charterholder. Sam has directed sponsored trips to construct schools in Malawi, Nepal and Nicaragua with charity buildOn. Sam is an advisor for non-profit impact investor NESsT, a mentor with Career Ready and regular volunteer with buildOn.