BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha Class D - Accumulation (GBP)

Daniel McKernan, Director, is a member of the Global/Non-Dollar Portfolio Team within BlackRock's Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group. Mr. McKernan's service with the firm dates back to 2005, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, Mr. McKernan was a portfolio manager specializing in the management of sterling credit portfolios. Prior to joining MLIM, Mr. McKernan worked for Aegon in Edinburgh as the head of credit and as a credit portfolio manager at Britannia Asset Management and Norwich Union. Mr. McKernan earned a BSc degree, with honours, in banking and international finance from City University, London in 1990.

Oliver Dixon,Vice President, is a member of the UK Equity team within the Fundamental Equity division of Blackrock's Active Equities Group. His research responsibilities are focussed on the Industrials sector. Prior to this he worked on the European and Global Emerging Markets teams. Oliver joined BlackRock in 2018. She has previously worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2014 to 2018, where she was a Credit Strategist on the Research side. Prior to her career at BAML, from 2012 to 2014, Souheir held the role of Euro Economist covering Spain at Societe Generale CIB, where she started her career as an Emerging Markets Strategist specialised in Frontier Markets. Oliver holds a MSc in Management and a Master of Business Administration from ESSEC Business School (2012) and a Masters Degree in Geospatial Engineering (2009).