Vincent Dupont is a Senior Vice President and Director of Research for US Growth Equities. Before joining the US Growth team in 2009 as a portfolio manager, he spent 10 years as a fundamental research analyst covering semiconductors and semiconductor capital equipment. Prior to joining the firm in 1999, Dupont researched the Russian economy at the Council on Foreign Relations for a year and worked at the US State Department as an arms control official for six years. He holds a BA in political science from Northwestern University and a PhD in international affairs/Russian studies from Columbia University, and is a CFA charterholder. Location: New York