Mr. Edelman is a senior portfolio manager, CIO Large Cap Select & Core Growth Equities and a managing director with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 2004. He manages the large cap and growth strategies. Mr. Edelman has more than 30 years of investment industry experience. Mr. Edelman previously worked at Alliance Capital Management, where he managed large-cap institutional equity portfolios; before that, he was a research analyst specializing in the consumer products and services sector. Mr. Edelman has a B.A. in history from Columbia College and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.

Ms. Gupta is a portfolio manager, a managing director and Director of Research for the US with Allianz Global Investors, which she joined in 2014. Ms. Gupta was previously a member of the Financial Institutions research team, responsible for analytical coverage of the financial sector. She has 18 years of investment industry experience. Before joining the firm, Ms. Gupta was a senior research analyst with Portales Partners and a portfolio manager with Trellus Management Company. Before that, she was an auditor and consultant with KPMG. Ms. Gupta has a B.A. in psychology, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania. She is a CFA charterholder and certified public accountant (inactive).