John William Olsen, a Danish national, has been the manager of the M&G Positive Impact strategy since launch in November 2018. He joined M&G in April 2014 and was appointed manager of the M&G Global Select and M&G Pan European Select strategies in July 2014 and, two years later, deputy manager of the M&G Pan European Select Smaller Companies strategy. John William joined M&G from Danske Capital, where from 2002 he had managed non-domestic equity portfolios, including the Global Stock Picking, Global Select and European Select strategies. He joined Danske Capital in 1998 as a fund manager on the domestic Danish equities team, and in 2000 also became a global sector analyst focusing on technology and telecommunications stocks. John William gained a BA in business economics and then an MSc in finance and accounting from Copenhagen Business School.