Douglas C. Edman, CFA,Director, Investments. Doug Edman, a limited partner of the firm’s parent company, is a Senior Analyst and a voting member of the Emerging Markets Investment Committee at Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. He performs research in the oil & gas industry. Before joining Brandes, Mr. Edman worked for Goldman Sachs as a Credit Analyst where he managed the credit rating agency relationships and commercial paper programs for clients in the energy and telecommunications industries.

Kirk Brown serves as Senior Portfolio Manager, Asset Management for American Beacon Advisors, Inc. and is responsible for monitoring the investment advisors to several American Beacon Funds as well as investments in alternative products (including private equity). He is also responsible for monitoring the international, high yield bond, emerging markets and currency overlay investment advisors to AMR Corporation’s pension plans. Prior to joining American Beacon in 1994, Mr. Brown served in operational and business planning roles for American Airlines, Inc. Mr. Brown received his BA from the State University of New York at Brockport in 1986 and an MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management in 1988. He is a CFA charterholder.

Samuel joined Morgan Stanley in 2000. He is an Executive Director and the Korea Equity Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management in Singapore. Before, Samuel was the head of Asia steel research and the Korea auto analyst at Morgan Stanley Asia. Prior to that, he was at HSBC Investment Bank in Hong Kong and London. He received a BA (Joint Honours) in Economics and Public Administration at the Royal Holloway College, University of London.

Clifford A. Smith, Senior Managing Director have been with The Boston Company since 1998, Prior to becoming portfolio managers in March 2003, he served as research analysts. Mr. Smith has served as a portfolio manager for a portion of the International Equity Fund since September 2004. Mr. Smith also serves as Director of Research for The Boston Company’s non-US Value Investment Team. Prior to joining The Boston Company, he was employed as a Telecommunications and Technology industry analyst for the Corporate Banking Division of Mellon Bank. Smith holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Christopher J. Garrett, CFA, Institutional Portfolio Manager Chris Garrett is an Institutional Portfolio Manager with Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.’s Singapore affiliate, Brandes Investment Partners (Asia) Pte. Ltd. Prior to moving to Singapore, Mr. Garrett was an Institutional Portfolio Manager in the firm’s San Diego office. Mr. Garrett continues to serve as a member of the Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. Emerging Markets Investment Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Product Coordination team for the firm’s Emerging Market portfolios. Before joining Brandes, Mr. Garrett wor

Gerardo Zamorano, CFA, Director, Investments. Gerardo Zamorano, a limited partner of the firm’s parent company, leads the firm’s research efforts in the telecommunications sector at Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. He is also a member of the Emerging Markets Investment Committee. Before joining Brandes, Mr. Zamorano worked for the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, as an Assistant Investment Officer in the Latin America Department.

Skillman is a portfolio manager and senior research analyst with The Boston Capital Management. He is responsible for portfolio management, security selection and research. Prior to joining Newgate, he was an emerging markets portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisors. He is an active member of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) and the Boston Security Analysts Socie.

Greg Rippel, CFA, Senior Analyst. Greg Rippel is a Senior Analyst on the Consumer Products Team and is responsible for fundamental research on companies in several consumer-related industries at Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. He is also a voting member of the firm's Emerging Markets Investment Committee. Before joining Brandes, Mr. Rippel worked as an Underwriter at Greyrock Capital, a subsidiary of Bank of America and as a Senior Associate for Coopers & Lybrand. He earned his MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and his BA in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Rippel is a Certified Public Accountant and has been in accounting, finance and investment industry since 1995.

Gaite Ali is a portfolio manager on the Emerging Markets Equity team focusing on Latin America. She joined Morgan Stanley in 2007 and has 14 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, Gaite was a portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, London. Gaite received an M.B.A. in finance and an M.A. in international affairs from Columbia University, and a B.A. in history from Vassar College.

Louis Y. Lau Director, Investments Louis Lau, a limited partner of the firm’s parent company, is a Senior Analyst on the Financial Institutions Research Team at Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. In addition, he is a voting member of the Emerging Markets Investment Committee and serves as a Product Coordinator for the Emerging Markets Portfolio. Before joining Brandes, Mr. Lau worked in investment banking and equity capital markets for Goldman Sachs. He earned his MBA with honors in finance and accounting from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Needles has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Beacon Advisors, Inc. since April 2009 and has served on the portfolio management team since May 2011. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Needles was President of Touchstone Investments from 2008 to 2009, President of AIM Distributors from 2003 to 2007 and CEO of AIM Distributors from 2004 to 2007.

Ruchir Sharma joined Morgan Stanley in 1996 and has 12 years of investment experience. He is co-head of the Emerging Markets Equity team. Ruchir is currently a columnist with Newsweek, where he writes on the global political economy. He also is a frequent contributor to industry publications such as the Wall Street Journal and The Economic Times, for which Ruchir has been writing since 1991. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked with Prime Securities Ltd (Delhi).Ruchir received a B.A. with Honors from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi in Commerce.

Piedrahita, an executive director of MSIM Inc., has been associated with MSIM Inc. in an investment managing capacity since January 2002. Prior to joining MSIM Inc., Ms. Piedrahita was an equity analyst at Fidelity for more than five years. She received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Brown University and M.B.A., Business Administration from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Henry is executive vice president, director, and portfolio manager with The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC. Henry holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Mr. Psaila has been associated with Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc in an investment management capacity since 1994.

Carlson, a managing director of MSIM Inc., has been associated with MSIM Inc. in an investment management capacity since September 1997.

Munib joined Morgan Stanley in 2005 and has 10 years of investment experience. He is a portfolio manager for our Asian ex-Japan Equity portfolios. Prior to joining the Firm, he was Associate Director of Australian Equities at Aberdeen Asset Management. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager, Australian Equities at Equitilink Investment Management. Munib received a Bachelor of Business with honors from the University of Technology in Sydney He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.