Brendan O. Bradley, Ph.D., is Director of Portfolio Management at Acadian. Brendan joined Asset Management LLC in September 2004 as a senior member of the Research and Portfolio Management Team. In 2010, he was appointed Director of Acadian’s Managed Volatility Strategies, and in 2013 became Director, Portfolio Management overseeing portfolio management policy. Mr. Bradley is a member of the Acadian Executive and Operating Committees. Prior to Acadian, Brendan was a vice president at Upstream Technologies, where he designed and implemented investment management systems and strategies. His professional background also includes work as a research analyst and consultant at Samuelson Portfolio Strategies. He earned a B.A. in Physics from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Boston University.

Simon H. Thomas, Senior Vice President, Partner, and Equity Portfolio Manager, is the Portfolio Manager for the Hartford International Small Company Fund. Simon is a portfolio manager and leader of Wellington Management's International Small Cap portfolio team and joint manager of the firm's Global Small Cap approaches. Simon received his MBA from the University of Chicago (2002), graduating first in his class. He also holds an MA and BA in philosophy, politics, and economics from the University of Oxford (1992).

Daniel Maguire, CFA, Director and Equity Research Analyst affiliated with Wellington Management, has been involved in portfolio management for the Fund since 2006 and has been involved in securities analysis for the Fund since 2004. Mr. Maguire joined Wellington Management as an investment professional in 2004. Dan is an equity research analyst and portfolio manager on Wellington Management's International Small Cap Portfolio Management Team and is based in our Tokyo office. He has previously worked in both our Boston and London offices.

Brian joined Acadian in March 1990. In addition to his role as Senior Portfolio Manager, he has oversight of alternative strategy development, an important new area of focus for Acadian. Previously he was co-Director of Research, responsible for developing and applying techniques to evaluate markets and securities. Before joining Acadian, he worked in the Systems Planning Group at Bank of New England and as a Senior Systems Analyst at Mars Incorporated.

John joined Acadian in July 1987. He is our Chief Investment Officer and oversees Acadian’s investment process and investment team. He continues to actively manage Acadian portfolios and direct research to enhance our approach, as he has since 1987. Earlier in his career, John served as systems engineer at Draper Laboratories and as an analyst for the International Asset Management Department at the State Street Bank and Trust Company (now SSgA). A CFA charterholder, he is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society. Education: B.S., Engineering, MIT; M.S., Management, MIT.

Dan LeVan joined Munder Capital in August 2007, and is the lead manager of Munder Capital's International Small-Cap Equity strategy. He is also a member of the team managing Munder Capital's International Core Equity strategy. Mr. LeVan is the sector analyst responsible for both the health care and technology sectors for the international team. He holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clarkson University, and M.B.A. from Bentley College and a M.S. in Finance from Boston College. He is a CFA charterholder and is a member of the CFA Institute.

John W. Evers, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, joined MCM in 2007. He has been co-manager for MCM’s international small-cap equity discipline, a member of the portfolio management team for MCM’s international core equity discipline and lead analyst of the financials sector for the international core and international small-cap equity teams since 2007. He has been lead manager and lead analyst of the financials sector for MCM’s emerging markets equity strategy since 2011. Immediately before joining MCM, Mr. Evers was a Senior Vice President and Co-Portfolio Manager for The Boston Company Asset Management (including its predecessor firms), where he was an energy sector analyst and was also responsible for a quantitative research platform and production models for 10 years.