CFA ,Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010 McClements joined BlackRock following the merger with SSRM in 2005. Prior to joining BlackRock, he was vice president of SSRM's Quantitative Strategies Group where one of his responsibilities was implementing different option strategies on various equity accounts since 2004. Prior to joining SSRM, McClements was a vice president at Deutsche Asset Management where he was a derivative, program and FX trader. From 1998 to 2001, he was also a portfolio manager for the ProEquity Fund Series.

Mr. Reeve's service with the firm dates back to 2005, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, Mr. Reeve had primary responsibility for the global equity team's investments in food, beverage and tobacco. Priorly, he was a Pan-European food, beverage and tobacco analyst with Credit Agricole Asset Management. Mr. Reeve began his career with Touche Ross before joining Robert Fleming Securities,being Pan-European beverages analyst.

Christopher M. Accettella, Director since 2008, Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008,is a member of the Fundamental Equity platform within BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group. He is a trader responsible for executing equity derivatives and options trades. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2005, Mr. Accettella was an institutional sales trader with American Technology Research. From 2001 to 2003, he was with Deutsche Asset Management where he was responsible for derivatives and program trading. Prior to that, he was a senior associate in the Pacific Basin Equity Group at Scudder Investments Singapore Limited. Mr. Accettella began his investment career in 1997 as a portfolio analyst in the European Equity group of Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc. Mr. Accettella earned a BA degree in economics and Asian studies from Colgate University in 1997.

Andrew Wheatley-Hubbard, CFA, Director and portfolio manager, is co-head of the Global Equity team within the Fundamental Division of BlackRock's Active Equities Platform. He is the portfolio manager for the Global Dividend, International Dividend and Long-Horizon strategies. Mr. Wheatley-Hubbard joined BlackRock on the graduate programme in 2007, spending time in London and Hong Kong within Fundamental Active Equity. During his time on the Global Equity Team, Mr. Wheatley-Hubbard had been responsible for covering Global Real Estate, Industrials, Materials, Telecoms and Financials. He has also served as Director of Research. Mr. Wheatley-Hubbard earned MA and MEng degrees in engineering from Cambridge University in 2007.