Kurt Knowlson is responsible for the management of a range of UK gilt and index-linked funds as part of Aviva Investors’ UK Sovereign team, and is co-manager on the global aggregate fixed income bond portfolios. He joined Aviva Investors from Friends Life Investments, as part of the wider merger between Aviva and Friends Life, where he was a portfolio manager on the UK gilt and index-linked funds. He began his career as a UK portfolio analyst at Friends Provident.