Matthew G. Baker, Senior Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager, joined Wellington Management since 2014 and involved in portfolio management and securities analysis. Matt is an equity portfolio manager involved in the management of diversified portfolios, focusing on large-cap, quality companies with a value orientation. As a member of the Quality Value Team, he also has analytical responsibilities for the consumer, industrial, and material sectors. Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2004, Matt was an equity analyst in the Central Research Group at MFS Investment Management and leader of the Global Capital Goods Team (2000 — 2004). He was responsible for covering the retail, chemical, and supermarket and drugstore industries. He also worked at Bank Boston as an investment specialist from 1995 — 1998. Matt received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton, 2000) and his BS in finance from Northeastern University (1998).

Nataliya is Managing Director and equity portfolio manager in Global Equity Portfolio Management and is a member of the Quality Equity team. She has been involved in securities analysis for the Fund since 2017. She manages global equity assets on behalf of our clients, drawing on research from Wellington Management’s global industry analysts, equity portfolio managers, and team analysts. She also provides research to her team on the health care, industrial, insurance, semiconductor, and automotive sectors globally. She works in our Boston office. Prior to joining Wellington Management as an investment professional in 2006, Nataliya worked as a summer investment associate at Neuberger Berman, covering the medical device industry (2005). Before that, she served as an engineering team leader of the cross-functional powertrain design team at Ford Motor Company (1998 – 2004), responsible for product launch of Ford’s flagship F150 product. Nataliya started her career at Ford as engine design engineer, progressing through multiple global assignments in the engine and vehicle system design functions bringing products from concept to mass production. Nataliya earned her MBA from Harvard Business School (2006) and her MS (1997) and BS (1996), magna cum laude, in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. She is fluent in Russian.

Brian J. Schmeer, CFA, is an equity research analyst and a member of the firm's Quality Equity Team. Brian conducts fundamental analysis on global equity investments as a generalist. His research supports the investment decision-making process for a range of portfolios managed for clients of the firm. He works in our Boston office. Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2016, Brian worked at Manning & Napier as a member of the Focused Opportunities Group, where he was a generalist (2014 - 2015) and the Capital Goods and Equipment Group (2012 - 2014), where he covered metals & mining, energy, industrials, and transportation. Brian earned his BA in financial economics, with distinction, from the University of Rochester (2012). Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.