Johan Sjogren, Director, is a member of the European Fixed Income Team within BlackRock Fundamental Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group. Mr. Sjogren joined Blackrock in 2010 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he worked as an analyst. Mr. Sjogren earned a B.Sc. degree, with First Class Honours, in Financial Economics from the University of St Andrews in 2008. Since joining BlackRock Mr. Sjogren has focused on managing aggregate flexible strategies with a focus on rates and currencies.

Harrison Segall, Director, is a portfolio manager on the Core Portfolio Management (Core PM) team within BlackRock’s Global Fixed Income (GFI) group. He is responsible for alpha strategies, portfolio construction, and asset allocation for Customized Core and Global Inflation Linked portfolios. Prior to joining the Portfolio Management Group in 2011, Mr. Segall was a member of BlackRock Solution’s Portfolio Analytics Group, where he began his career as an analyst in 2008. Mr. Segall earned a BS degree in Commerce, with a concentration in finance, and a BA degree in Economics from the University of Virginia.

Managing Director, is Head of Global Macro Positioning for Fixed-Income and a member of the Global Fixed-Income Executive Committee. He is a portfolio manager for unconstrained multi-sector and global fixed-income mandates. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Brownback was a Senior Partner with R3 Capital Partners. From 1992 to 2008, he was with Lehman Brothers, most recently as a Managing Director and proprietary trader/portfolio manager for the Global Principal Strategies team. Previously, he was the head of the firm's Corporate and Emerging Markets bond trading desks. Mr. Brownback earned a BA in Economics from Hobart College and an Master in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He has been an adjunct professor for both graduate and undergraduate studies at Syracuse University's Whitman School of Business.