Ben Ruegsegger is a Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst on the Sustainable Thematic Equities team. Ruegsegger was appointed Portfolio Manager on AB’s Sustainable US Thematic Strategy in 2017, and on the global and international strategies in 2023. In this role, he assists the chief investment officer in managing a suite of geographically diverse strategies aligned with long-term sustainable themes. In addition, Ruegsegger is a veteran thematic investor and serves as a Senior Research Analyst on the Sustainable Thematic Equities Portfolios, where he is responsible for covering global technology. Prior to joining the AB Sustainable Thematic Equities team in 2008, he covered the financial and consumer discretionary sectors on AB’s US Mid Cap Growth team. Ruegsegger began his career at AB in 2001. He holds a BA in economics and finance from Eastern University and is a CFA charterholder. Location: Philadelphia

Timothy Kurpis is Portfolio Manager of Investment Grade Credit. Prior to that, he was the head of Investment Grade Credit Trading. Kurpis joined AB in 2010. He headed AB’s London trading desk from 2014 to 2018. Prior to that, Kurpis worked in the Fixed Income, Portfolio Management, Credit Research, Credit Trading and Quantitative Research divisions before joining the Credit Trading desk in 2012. He holds a BA in economics from Gettysburg College and is a CFA charterholder. Location: New York

Edward Bryan is Senior Vice President of AllianceBernstein, with which he has been associated since prior to 2021.