Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA), based in Stamford CT, is an investment manager with over $20 billion in assets under management and approximately 35 employees. The firm makes long-only, long-term investments in high-quality, profitable, secular growth companies (colloquially referred to as “free cash flow growth compounders”) in developed and emerging markets. We are fundamental investors who emphasize bottom-up research and in-depth understanding of companies and industries. Our portfolios are concentrated in 15-35 companies in which we have high conviction and see significant return potential based on the discounting of long-term growth in earnings and free cash flows.