BlackRock US Flexible Equity Class D4 - Income (GBP)

Joseph Wolfe, CFA, CQF, FRM, Director, is head of quantitative strategy for the US Income & Value team within the Fundamental Active Equity business of BlackRock's Active Equities Group. He is a portfolio manager for the BlackRock Basic Value and Large Cap Core portfolios. Mr. Wolfe's service with the firm dates back to 2012. Previously, he was the lead quantitative analyst for the Large Cap Series team. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2012, Mr. Wolfe was the head of Quantitative Active Research at Northern Trust in Chicago where he directed quantitative research across the active equity teams, developed ETF strategies for FlexShares and co-managed several active mutual funds. Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2005, Mr. Wolfe was a senior quantitative analyst for the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio where he co-managed several quantitative strategies and served as a risk manager. Mr. Wolfe earned a BS degree in Economics from Slippery Rock University and holds advanced degrees in Economics from Kent State University and the Ohio State University. He is also a CFA? charterholder, Certified Financial Risk Manager and has obtained his Certificate in Quantitative Finance.

Todd Burnside, Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Fundamental Active Equity business of BlackRock's Active Equities Group. He is the lead Portfolio Manager of BlackRock's US Large Cap Core equity portfolios, and previously served as the team's senior fundamental analyst responsible for research coverage of the Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Financials, REITs and Telecommunications sectors. Mr. Burnside joined BlackRock in 2008. Previously, he was an analyst with Morgan Stanley Investment Management from 2003 to 2008, where he was responsible for covering US large cap industrials and consumer stocks. Prior to that, he was a software equity analyst with Prudential Securities from 1999 to 2001. He began his career as an analyst with Nasdaq-Amex in 1997. Mr. Burnside earned a BS degree in Finance from Penn State University in 1997 and an MBA degree in Finance from New York University in 2003.