Matthew Benkendorf is the Chief Investment Officer of Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., the New York-based Quality Growth Boutique, one of six boutiques within Swiss-based Vontobel Asset Management. Vontobel Asset Management is dedicated exclusively to managing global and regional long-only equity portfolios and seeks to invest in high quality growth companies with the goal of outperforming the benchmark, with less risk, over a full market cycle. Matt joined Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., in October 1999 in trade support. After being promoted to trader in 2000, Matt became a research analyst in 2002 and moved into portfolio management in 2006 as deputy portfolio manager of Vontobel’s Eur