ES AllianceBernstein Low Volatility Global Equity Class I - Accumulation (GBP)

Kent Hargis was promoted to Co-Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Core Equities in 2018. He has been managing the Global, International and US portfolios since their inception in September 2011, and the Emerging Markets Strategic Core portfolio since January 2015. Hargis was named Head of Quantitative Research for Equities in 2009, with responsibility for overseeing the research and application of risk and return models across the firm's equity portfolios. He joined the firm in October 2003 as a senior quantitative strategist. Prior to that, Hargis was chief portfolio strategist for global emerging markets at Goldman Sachs. From 1995 through 1998, he was assistant professor of international finance in the graduate program at the University of South Carolina, where he published extensively on various international investment topics. Hargis holds a PhD in economics from the University of Illinois, where his research focused on international finance, econometrics and emerging financial markets.

Sammy Suzuki was promoted to Co-Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Core Equities in 2018. He has been managing the Emerging Markets Strategic Core portfolio since its inception in July 2012, and the global, international and US portfolios since 2015. Suzuki has managed portfolios for well over a decade. From 2010 to 2012, he also held the role of director of Fundamental Value Research, where he managed 50 fundamental analysts globally. Prior to managing portfolios, Suzuki spent a decade as a research analyst. He joined AB in 1994 as a research associate covering the capital equipment industry, and then became an analyst covering the technology industry. Suzuki became portfolio manager in 2004. From 1998 to 2004, he served as senior research analyst for the global automotive industry. Before joining the firm, Suzuki was a consultant at Bain & Company. He holds a BS in materials science and engineering and a BS in finance (both magna cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Board of the CFA Society New York.