Swaffield is a vice president and portfolio manager with Eaton Vance Management, his employer since 1990. His career in the financial services industry began in 1978 and includes positions as a commercial lending representative at Northern Trust Bank, an analyst at Duff & Phelps, Inc., associate director at State Street Bank, and most recently, principal in the corporate finance area of Conning & Company. Swaffield holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Scott Page is a vice president of CRM.Scott earned a B.A. from Williams College in 1981 and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Dartmouth College in 1987.

Ms. McDermott is a Vice President of CRM, has been employed by the Eaton Vance organization for more than five years, has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since April 2018 and also manages other funds. Catherine earned her B.S. from Boston College.

Andrew Szczurowski is a vice president of Eaton Vance Management and portfolio manager on Eaton Vance’s global income team. He is responsible for buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk management for the firm’s mortgage-backed securities strategies. He joined Eaton Vance in 2007. Andrew began his career in the investment management industry in 2005. Before joining Eaton Vance, he was affiliated with BNY Mellon. Andrew earned a B.S., cum laude, from Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. He is a member of the CFA Society of Boston and is a CFA charterholder.

Eric is a vice president and portfolio manager. He originally joined Eaton Vance in 2002 and rejoined the firm in 2008. He has previously been employed at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Citigroup Alternative Investments. Eric earned his M.B.A. in Analytic Finance and Economics with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his B.S. in Business Administration from Boston University. Eric is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society.

Sarah Orvin, CFA, is a portfolio manager on the Artisan Partners EMsights Capital Group. In this role, she is a portfolio manager for the Artisan Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities and Global Unconstrained Strategies. Prior to joining Artisan Partners in September 2021, she served as portfolio manager on Eaton Vance’s emerging markets team. Prior to serving as portfolio manager, Ms. Orvin conducted emerging markets research as an analyst on Eaton Vance’s emerging markets team. She earned a bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) in political science and history from Boston College. Ms. Orvin also completed a year of undergraduate studies at the London School of Economics. She is literate in French.

Mr. Causer has managed the Fund since June 2021. He is a Vice President of Eaton Vance and has been employed by Eaton Vance since 2017. Prior to joining Eaton Vance, Mr. Causer worked as a Senior Analyst at DDJ Capital Management from 2013-2017.