Manning & Napier Pro-Blend Max Term I

"Marc Tommasi is the Chief Investment Strategist, Head of the Non-U.S. Equity Core Team, and member of both the Global Core and the U.S. Equity Core Teams at Manning & Napier. As Chief Investment Strategist, Marc oversees the coordination of the firm's overview among the various groups involved in top-down research. Specifically, he is responsible for the macro overviews of all countries we may invest in.

Christian Andreach, CFA, a Co-Head of Global Equities, Senior Analyst/Managing Director of Consumer Group, Head of U.S. Equity Core Team at Manning & Napier. He has been a senior Analyst since joined the firm in 1999. Managing Director since 2002. Co-Head of Global Equities since 2010. Head of U.S. Equity Core Team since 2015. Member of the Senior Research Group and Global Core Team since 2002. Member of the Series' Portfolio Management Team since 2008. In addition, Christian is a member of the Senior Research Group. Previously, he worked as a Financial Analyst for The Procter & Gamble.

Ebrahim Busheri is the Director of Investments at Manning & Napier. Over his firm tenure, spanning from 1988 to 2001 and again from 2011 through present day, Ebrahim has held positions as Head of Emerging Growth Group; Head of Technology Group; Head of Consumer Group; and Director of Research. During his hiatus from Manning & Napier he worked as the Director of Investments at W.P. Stewart and as a Consultant for Heritage Capital. Ebrahim earned his BA in Accounting and Economics from Muskingum College and his MBA in Finance from the University of Rochester. He is a CFA charterholder.

Marc Bushallow is the Managing Director of Fixed Income at Manning & Napier. Prior to becoming Managing Director, Marc was a Senior Analyst in the Fixed Income Group, concentrating on analysis of below investment-grade corporate bonds. He also spent some time at the firm as an Assistant performing quantitative and macroeconomic research. Today, Marc works on economic overviews and the top-down positioning of the firm’s fixed income portfolios. He oversees the firm’s high-yield, nontraditional, and core fixed income strategies. Marc joined Manning & Napier in 1999 and left to pursue a master’s degree in 2002, returning to the firm in 2008. Before returning to Manning & Napier, Marc spent four years at Barclays Capital, gaining sell-side experience requiring the evaluation and recommendation of high-yield credit, including both cash and derivative products. He acquired and applied detailed understanding of new issue syndication, trading, bond structure and covenants, etc. During that time, Marc and his team were two-time runnerups in the Institutional Investor All-Europe Fixed-Income Research Team poll for High-Yield Consumer Products. Marc earned his BA in Economics from the State University of New York at Geneseo and his MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics & Political Science. He is also a CFA charterholder.