BlackRock Emerging Markets Class D - Income (GBP)

Gordon Fraser, CFA, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager on the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team within the Fundamental Active Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equities Group. Mr Fraser is the lead portfolio manager of the long only Core Global Emerging Markets Strategy, as well as co-manager of the Emerging Frontiers Hedge Fund, the Emerging Markets Absolute Return Portfolios and Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Portfolios. Mr. Fraser leads the North Asia Healthcare, Utilities, Materials and Utilities research pod for the team, as well as taking lead responsibility for our country level macroeconomic analysis. Prior to his current role, Mr. Fraser was a member of the Emerging Europe & Frontiers Emerging Markets team in London, specializing in Middle Eastern, Turkish and Indian Equities. Mr. Fraser joined BlackRock as an Analyst in 2006. Mr. Fraser holds a BA (1st class) and an MPhil (distinction) in Economics from Cambridge University.

Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Equities for the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Alpha Strategies Group. He is responsible for managing several regional equity portfolios, setting regional equity investment strategy and developing BlackRock's Asian investment platform and capabilities. Before joining BlackRock in August 2011, Mr. Swan achieved 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, Andrew 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.