BlackRock Asian Growth Leaders Class D2 - Accumulation (GBP)

Emily Dong, Director, is a portfolio manager on the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team within the Fundamental Active Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity Group. She manages the Asian Growth Leaders strategy. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2010, Emily worked in China Renaissance Capital Investment and JMB Capital Partners as a senior investment professional. She began her career at China International Capital Corporation (CICC) as an equity analyst. Emily has 15 years of investment experience. Emily graduated from Peking University in China with a degree in International Finance, and received her MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Andrew Swan, Managing Director, is the Head of Global Emerging Markets Equities within the Fundamental Active Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equities Group. Mr. Swan manages the Asian Dragon strategy as well as being a co-manager on the Asian Growth Leaders, Asia Pacific Absolute Return, Global Emerging Markets, and Indian strategies. He is also responsible for setting equity investment strategy and developing BlackRock's Global Emerging Markets investment platform and capabilities. Prior to joining BlackRock in August 2011, Mr. Swan spent a 17-year investment career with JP Morgan. He initially joined as a research analyst in Sydney in 1994, before transferring to Singapore in 2002 to join JP Morgan's Pacific Regional team as head of Asia Pacific media research. In 2004, Mr. Swan took up his role as a portfolio manager with JF Asset Management (wholly owned by JP Morgan) and was subsequently responsible for managing over USD 5bn in Asia Pacific equity portfolios. He relocated to Hong Kong in 2005. Mr. Swan earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours in Accounting and Finance) from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1993.