Nicola Stafford is a portfolio manager in the Equity division at Fidelity Investments. Fidelity Investments is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and other financial products and services to more than 26 million individuals, institutions, and financial intermediaries.

In this role, Ms. Stafford manages the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sleeves of Fidelity and Fidelity Advisor Balanced Funds, Fidelity VIP Balanced Fund, and Fidelity Series All Sector Equity Fund. Additionally, she co-manages Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund.

Prior to assuming her current responsibilities, Ms. Stafford comanaged Fidelity Select Retailing Portfolio and served as a research analyst for FMR Co. and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) in London, covering U.S. consumer durable retail and European consumer staples stocks, respectively. While in London, she also managed a global consumer industries fund and co-managed a global demographics fund. Prior to relocating to London, she managed Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio and followed IT services and U.S. consumer discretionary companies. 

She has been in the financial industry since joining Fidelity in 2001. Ms. Stafford earned her bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering and economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)