BlackRock China Class D2 - Income (Hedged GBP)

Lucy Liu, Director, is a research analyst within the Asian Equities team in the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity Group, covering Chinese equities. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Ms Liu spent 10 years as a sell-side research analyst with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan in Hong Kong, specialising in Greater China TMT research. Ms. Liu earned a BA in Finance (Hons) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and a master degree in Economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Helen Zhu, Managing Director, is portfolio manager and Head of China Equities on the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team within the Fundamental Active Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity Group. Ms. Zhu manages the China, China Flexible, and China A-Share strategies. She is responsible for China equity investment strategy and development of BlackRock's China equities investment platform and capabilities. She is also research pod leader of the North Asia Consumers and Internet pod. Before joining Blackrock in 2014, Ms. Zhu spent eight years at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, most recently as Chief China Strategist within the Global Investment Research division. Prior to this role, Ms. Zhu was the Business Unit leader for the Telecom/Internet & Media sector research team. Ms. Zhu joined Goldman Sachs from ABN AMRO, where she spent five years and was sector head of the Asian telecom research team. She had previously also worked in private investing for a corporation and in investment banking at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in Hong Kong and New York. Ms. Zhu was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.