Sarah Ross is portfolio manager of Ivy Global Growth Fund and Ivy VIP Global Growth. She was named portfolio manager of the Global Growth funds in 2014.

Ms. Ross joined the organization in 2003 as an equity investment analyst. She was appointed assistant vice president in 2006. She was assistant portfolio manager to the Large Cap Growth team from 2006 to 2014. She was portfolio manager of the firm’s Tax- Managed Equity funds from 2009 to 2014. She was appointed vice president in 2009 and senior vice president in 2015.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ross was a senior health care analyst and vice president for Banc of America Capital Management from 2001 to 2003. Her responsibilities included equity analysis of pharmaceutical, medical device and health care service companies. From 1995 to 2001 Ms. Ross was with Edward Jones, during which time she was a senior health care analyst and limited partner.

Ms. Ross earned both a BS in Business Administration and a BA in French in 1995 from John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. She also studied at Ecole Europeene Des Affaires A Paris, Paris, France. The French curriculum included global finance, French society, international marketing and corporate law.

Ms. Ross is a CFA charterholder. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of St. Louis.