BlackRock Asian Tiger Bond Income - GBP - Class D

Ronie Ganguly, CFA, Director, is a Credit Portfolio Manager and a member of the Asia Pacific fixed income team within BlackRock's Asia Pacific Active Investments Group. Mr. Ganguly has over 18 years of investment experience across capital structure of Asian corporates. Before joining BlackRock, he was portfolio manager and senior vice president on the emerging markets portfolio management team with PIMCO, with a focus on Asian credit. Prior to this role, he traded Asian high yield bonds at Deutsche Bank. Previously, he managed structured finance transactions in Asia ex-Japan. He started his career as an equity analyst with a focus on the Indian telecom and media sectors in roles with JPMorgan and Citigroup. He holds a postgraduate diploma in management from IIM Ahmedabad, and received an undergraduate degree in biotechnology and biochemical engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Artur Piasecki is a senior member of the Asian Credit team and is a portfolio manager with a focus on total return strategies. He is the lead portfolio manager for the BGF Asian High Yield Bond Fund and co-portfolio manager for the BGF China Bond Fund. Manages Asia sleeves of Strategic Income Opportunities Fund and Fixed Income global Opportunities Fund. In addition, he is part of the portfolio management team for the BGF Asian Tiger Bond Fund and the BlackRock Asian Floating Rate Income Fund. Mr. Piasecki is a voting member on the Asia-Pacific Private Credit investment committee. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Piasecki was at R3 Capital Partners responsible for the management of Asian credit and equity-linked portfolios. Previously, he was working on proprietary trading desks at JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers. Before moving to Asia, he worked as Bond Market Maker at JP Morgan London. Mr. Piasecki earned a MS degree, summa cum laude, in International Relations and Foreign Trade from the Poznan University of Economics and an MS degree in international business economics from the Aalborg University.

Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Credit and has been in his current role since 2009. He is the portfolio manager for the Asian Tiger Bond Fund and Asia Pacific private credit fund. He leads the strategy for Asian Fundamental Credit and is responsible for providing oversight of the investment process, performance, and the team's infrastructure as well as determining the strategic direction and growth initiatives of the platform. He has been responsible for building the Asian fundamental credit business since 2009. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Seth was a Senior Vice President focusing on the Asia Pacific market for R3 Capital Partners. He previously held a similar role with the Global Principal Strategies team at Lehman Brothers. Previously, he was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company where he was in the leadership group for the Technology & Telecom practice in Southeast Asia. Mr. Seth earned a BE degree in mechanical engineering from Delhi University and an MBA degree in finance from the Indiana University of Kelley School of Business.