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Name | Title | Since | Until |
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David Zhao | Managing Director | 2017 | Now |
Biography | David Zhao, Managing Director, is Co-Director of Research for the US Income & Value pillar within the Fundamental Equities division of BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group. Mr. Zhao is also a Portfolio Manager for the BlackRock Equity Dividend, Large Cap Focus Value, Mid-Cap Value, High Equity Income, Sustainable US Value and Large Cap Concentrated Value portfolios. Prior to joining BlackRock, David was a Global Equity Senior Research Analyst and Principal at Pzena Investment Management covering technology, US banks/brokers, medical technology, non-life insurance, financial technology and select industrials. David began his career as an Analyst at Lehman Brothers covering technology M&A; and later within the Institutional Equities Corporate Strategy Group. David holds a BA of Arts with degrees in Economics and Computer Information Systems and graduated Cum Laude from Northwestern University. | ||
Tony DeSpirito | Managing Director | 2017 | Now |
Biography | Antonio (Tony) DeSpirito, Managing Director, is Chief Investment Officer for the US Fundamental Equities business of BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group. Mr. DeSpirito is head of the US Income & Value pillar and the lead Portfolio Manager for the BlackRock Equity Dividend, Large Cap Focus Value, Mid-Cap Value, High Equity Income, Sustainable US Value and Large Cap Concentrated Value portfolios. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Mr. DeSpirito worked at Pzena Investment Management, where he served as Managing Principal, portfolio manager, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Mr. DeSpirito was responsible for a suite of large-cap value, all-cap value and two hedge fund portfolios. Having managed value equity assets since 1996, Mr. DeSpirito served as a portfolio manager for the John Hancock Classic Value, PACE Large Company Value, and Vanguard Windsor funds. Mr. DeSpirito earned a BS degree in economics with concentration in finance, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1990, and a JD degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1993. | ||
Franco Tapia | Managing Director | 2017 | 2021 |
Biography | Franco F. Tapia is a Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Tapia is a Senior Equity Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Pzena Investment Management from 2006 to 2016. He earned a B.A. in Economics with honors from Harvard University, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was named a Palmer Scholar. Mr. Tapia holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. | ||
John D. Coyle | Managing Director | 2009 | 2017 |
Biography | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009 and Director thereof from 2006 to 2008; Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) in 2006 and Vice President thereof from 2004 to 2006; Managing Director and portfolio manager with Bear Stearns Asset Management from 2001 to 2004. Coyle holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. | ||
Murali Balaraman | Managing Director | 2009 | 2017 |
Biography | Murali Balaraman, CFA, Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Balaraman joined BlackRock Capital in 2006 following a merger with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers where he was Director in 2006 and Vice President from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Balaraman has a BComm from Dehli University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. | ||
R. Elise Baum | Managing Director | 2000 | 2009 |
Biography | Baum has been a managing director of and portfolio manager with BlackRock, Inc. since 2006, was a managing director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (MLIM) from 2000 to 2006, was a first vice president of MLIM from 1999 to 2000 and was a director of MLIM from 1997 to 1999. Baum holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. | ||
Geraldine Gunn-Herig | first Vice President, Portfolio Manager | 1997 | 2000 |
Biography | Gunn serves as first vice president and portfolio manager with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, her employer since 1984. | ||
Kevin Rendino | Research Associate | 1995 | 1997 |
Biography | Kevin Rendino joined Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in 1990 as a Research Associate for the Merrill Lynch Basic Value Fund from the Merrill Lynch Corporate Analyst Program. He graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor's degree in Finance from the Carroll School of Management. |
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