Yi (Jerry) Zhang, Ph.D., CFA, joined Wells Capital Management or one of its predecessor firms in 2004, where he currently serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of the Berkeley Street Emerging Markets Equity team. Previously, he served as a Vice President at Oppenheimer Asset Management (1999-2004). Jerry has been working in the investment management field since 1999. He received a BA in Finance from Nankai University (1993) and a PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University (1999). Jerry has been awarded the use of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation by the CFA Institute, and he is a member of the Boston Securities Analysts Society.

Derrick Irwin is a senior portfolio manager for the Intrinsic Emerging Markets Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to WFAM, Derrick was at Evergreen Investments, where he served as a senior research analyst. Earlier, he was an analyst with Advest Inc. and served as investment professional with Goldman Sachs & Co. Derrick began his investment industry career in 1993. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Colgate University and a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Pennsylvania. Derrick has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation and is a member of CFA Society Boston.

Richard Peck is a senior portfolio manager for the Intrinsic Emerging Markets Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. He joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to WFAM, he served as an emerging market equity research analyst at Fidelity Management & Research and American Century Investments focusing on the Latin American equity markets. Before that, he was an analyst at Goldman Sachs with the firm’s Latin America Equity Research department. He began his investment industry career in 2000. Richard earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a master’s degree in finance from Brandeis University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation.

Mr. Paroda joined Allspring Investments or one of its predecessor firms in 2012, where he currently serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Intrinsic Emerging Markets Equity team.