Michael Heilbronn, Director, is a member of the Core PM SMA Team in Princeton for BlackRock's Managed Account business within Multi-Asset Strategies (MAS). In this capacity, he is responsible for managing mid-sized institutional taxable bond portfolios. Additionally, Mr. Heilbronn is part of a liaison team that coordinates the SMA fixed income portfolio strategy and credit research with the rest of the firm. He works closely with each group to facilitate idea sharing and trade ideas across portfolios. Mr. Heilbronn's service with the firm dates back to 1998, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he was a product specialist for the firm's entire range of fixed income portfolios, and also served as an associate asset management advisor. Mr. Heilbronn joined MLIM in 2000, after working with the mutual funds marketing team at the Merrill Lynch Private Client Group for two years. Mr. Heilbronn earned a BS degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1998.

Daniel Chen, Managing Director, is the lead portfolio manager for the Fundamental U.S. Investment Grade Credit, Long Duration and Global Corporate strategies within BlackRock’s Global Fixed Income Group. Mr. Chen has been a member of the U.S. Investment Grade Credit Portfolio Management Team since 2015 and a member of the U.S. Investment Grade Credit Platform since 2002. Across the Platform, Daniel has served as the head of U.S. Investment Grade Credit Trading and prior to that, within the Credit Research function with coverage responsibility across Financials, various Industrial sectors, and Utilities. Mr. Chen joined BlackRock in 1999 as an analyst in the Portfolio Analytics Group.