BlackRock European Dynamic Fund Class FD - Accumulation (GBP)

Giles Rothbarth, CFA, Vice President and research analyst, is a member of the European Equity team within the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity Group. He is responsible for European Banks. Prior to his current role, he worked with the UK Specialist Team with responsibility for the utilities and the oil & gas sectors. Mr Rothbarth joined Blackrock in 2010, following a BA (Hons) degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from Oxford University, from which he graduated the same year.

Alister Hibbert, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the European Equity team within the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group. He has responsibility for continental European portfolio management, adopting a flexible style. Mr. Hibbert joined BlackRock in 2008 from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), where he was an Investment Director, responsible for managing European portfolios. Prior to joining SWIP in 2005, Mr. Hibbert was with Oeschle International as a European equity portfolio manager. From 1994 to 2004, he was with Invesco Perpetual, initially as an economist before becoming a portfolio manager. Mr. Hibbert began his career as an auditor with Ernst and Young in 1992. Mr. Hibbert earned a BSc degree in economics from Bristol University in 1992.