Mr. Shillington joined VanEck in 2009. He serves as Deputy Portfolio Manager for VanEck’s Emerging Markets Equity Strategy. With extensive experience in Asia and broad emerging markets equity, his current responsibilities include company and macroeconomic research relating to these regions, with a particular emphasis on Asia. Prior to joining VanEck, Mr. Shillington was Head of International Equity for ABN AMRO in New York with, among other things, oversight for equity sales and trading. Prior to moving to New York in 2001 to become Managing Director and head of Asian equity and derivatives distribution in the U.S. at BNP Paribas, he held senior management positions as a Director at both Paribas in Los Angeles and, internationally, at UBS Securities in Hong Kong, and in private client management at Hill Samuel/BLW in Edinburgh, Scotland. In his roles in both research and portfolio management, Mr. Shillington has developed a specialized focus on many Asian markets, a region in which he continues to be deeply involved.

Ms. El-Shawarby joined VanEck in 2017 as Senior Analyst for VanEck’s Emerging Markets Equity Strategy, with a specialized focus in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) regions of emerging markets. Prior to joining VanEck, Ms. El-Shawarby was Director and Investment Analyst at Caravel Management, LLC, where she was responsible for identifying and analyzing investment ideas and economic and political evaluations of growth and risk for Middle East, North Africa, and Emerging Europe equities and companies. Her previous experience included working as a Private Equity Summer Fellow at Kaust Investment Management Company helping to set the private equity investment strategy for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Endowment. Prior to this, Ms. El-Shawarby held several roles at EFG-Hermes Asset Management, including Analyst, Vice President, and Portfolio Manager. Ms. El-Shawarby is a CFA Charterholder and member of the CFA Society, Egypt. She received an MBA from Harvard Business School. She earned a BA in Business Administration (Summa Cum Laude) with a concentration in Finance from The American University in Cairo and a BS in Political Science with a minor in Economics from Cairo University.