Seema Bains

Ms. Bains is a senior reporting analyst in the client service group at Causeway. She joined the firm in July 2016.  

From 2009 to 2016, Ms. Bains was an executive assistant at a private equity firm.

Mozaffar Khan, PhD

Dr. Khan is a portfolio manager and director of sustainability research at Causeway. He joined the firm in April 2017 and has been a portfolio manager since December 2021. Prior to Causeway, he was the Honeywell Professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, the James M Collins Professor at Harvard Business School, and earlier, an assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Dr. Khan has published numerous scientific articles in leading academic journals on stock return prediction models and signals. At Causeway, Dr. Khan works closely with fellow Causeway quantitative portfolio managers in alpha research and portfolio construction. He leads our Sustainability research, integration, product development, and Sustainable portfolio management efforts. 

Colin McGeehin, CFA

Mr. McGeehin is a director of institutional business development at Causeway. He joined the firm in January 2017. 
 
From 2012 to 2017, Mr. McGeehin worked for Brinker Capital, most recently as an internal investment consultant overseeing a broad group of financial advisors. In prior roles at the firm, he was a member of the client services, operations, and finance departments.

David Rains, CFA

Mr. Rains is a senior relationship manager at Causeway. He joined the firm in October 2016 and is primarily responsible for servicing institutional clients in the United States. Mr. Rains also contributes to the development of investment content and client events. 

From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Rains was a vice president account manager at PIMCO, responsible for servicing institutional client relationships. Prior to 2011, he worked in commercial real estate and environmental consulting.

Andrew Zhang, CFA

Mr. Zhang is a fundamental senior research analyst at Causeway. He joined the firm in August 2016. His current responsibilities include coverage of companies in the financials and real estate sectors.

From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Zhang was an equity research associate at Dodge & Cox, where he covered the global financials sector with a focus on insurance. During the summer of 2012, Mr. Zhang was an equity research intern at Robert W. Baird, where he covered the internet and interactive entertainment industries.

JoAnna Loera Apfel

Ms. Apfel is the director of client reporting in the client service group at Causeway. She rejoined the firm in June 2015 and her responsibilities include serving as a primary reporting liaison between various groups in the firm, managing workflow processes, as well as reporting for institutional clients. She is also a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

From 2003 to 2012, Ms. Apfel worked in the client service group at Causeway. From 1997 to 2002, Ms. Apfel was a senior relationship manager with Morningstar, Inc. where she was responsible for data quality, data analysis, and client service within the Institutional Data Sales Group.

Ross Locher, CFA

Mr. Locher is a fundamental senior research analyst at Causeway. He joined the firm in July 2015. His current responsibilities include coverage of companies in the industrials and energy sectors.

 
From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Locher was an equity research associate at Brandes Investment Partners, where he covered the global industrials sector with a focus on aerospace and defense, construction and engineering, and housing-related industries. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Locher interned at City National Bank as a credit analyst in the commercial banking group.

Danny O’Donnell, CFA

Mr. O’Donnell is a director of national accounts at Causeway. He joined the firm in December 2014. 
 
From 2013 to 2014, Mr. O’Donnell worked as an internal sales consultant at Franklin Square Capital Partners, where he was primarily responsible for the sale of credit-based alternative investment funds into New York City, New Jersey and South Florida. Prior to Franklin Square, Mr. O’Donnell spent four years as vice president at Coventry Securities, which specialized in the structuring and distribution of longevity-based assets and securities to institutional investors.

Kurt Decko

Mr. Decko is the general counsel and compliance director of Causeway. He joined the firm in May 2014 and was the chief compliance officer and senior legal counsel through September 2020. 
 
Mr. Decko was an attorney in the investment management group of K&L Gates LLP in San Francisco from 2005 to 2014, and a partner since 2010. From 2000 to 2005, he was an attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and, from 1999 to 2000, he was a judicial law clerk for the honorable Thomas J. Meskill of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sarah Van Ness, CFA

Ms. Van Ness is a client service senior relationship manager and director of communications for Causeway. She joined the firm in April 2005 and is primarily responsible for servicing institutional clients in the United States and Canada.
 
From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Van Ness worked for several non-profit organizations.