BlackRock Balanced Growth Portfolio Class D - Income (GBP)

Conan McKenzie, CFA, Vice President, is a portfolio manager and a member of the Diversified Strategies team within BlackRock's Multi-Asset Strategies (MAS) group, which is responsible for developing, assembling and managing investment strategies involving multiple asset classes. Within Diversified Strategies, Mr. McKenzie is involved in managing both benchmarked and outcome oriented funds and also has responsibility for managing the team's ESG screened funds for Charities. Mr McKenzie also leads the team's research into investment opportunities within alternatives. Mr. McKenzie's service with the firm dates back to 2011. Mr. McKenzie holds a BA degree in History & Politics from the University of Oxford, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Jason Byrom, Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Diversified Strategies team within Multi-Asset Strategies (MAS). MAS is responsible for developing, assembling, and managing investment strategies involving multiple asset classes. Jason is the lead portfolio manager for our benchmark relative mandates which are managed on behalf of pension funds, advisory and retail clients. Mr. Byrom's service with the firm dates back to 1998, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he initially worked with the Quantitative & Derivatives team where he managed derivatives based funds, combining both futures and options positions, synthetic portfolios and exchange traded funds. In 2002 he joined the Transition Management team (TRIM) where he was head of dealing strategy specializing in multi-asset dealing strategies and solutions. In 2006, he joined the Derivatives Solutions Group (DSG) where as well as being a portfolio manager he spent time working with clients giving advice across a wide range of strategies, with an emphasis on efficient implementation of views using derivatives. In 2013 he left BlackRock to work on solutions structures and portfolio construction with Canopius, a specialist insurance company. Mr Byrom re-joined BlackRock as part of the Diversified Strategies team in 2015. Prior to joining MLIM, Mr. Byrom spent seven years in the engineering industry. Mr. Byrom earned a BSc degree, with first class honours, in control engineering from City University in 1990 and an MSc degree in mathematical trading and finance from Cass Business School in 1998.

Adam Ryan, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of BlackRock's Multi-Asset Portfolio Strategies (MAPS) group, which is responsible for developing, assembling and managing investment solutions involving multiple strategies and asset classes. Mr. Ryan is lead portfolio manager of the Target Return strategy in MAPS and also a member of the MAPS management team. Mr. Ryan's service with the firm dates back to 1999, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, Mr. Ryan was head of the fixed income and absolute return team for the private client business. He was responsible for the team's fixed income investment policy, representing the asset class at the Investment Policy Committee, and the use of alternative investments within private client portfolios. Mr. Ryan earned a BA degree, with honours, in engineering from Cambridge University in 1991.