Sam Halpert, CFA Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer — Global Natural Resources Equity Sam Halpert leads the firm’s Global Natural Resources Equity team. Prior to joining Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in July 2018, he worked at Van Eck, where he was a co-portfolio manager and senior analyst on its global hard assets long-only and long-short team from April 2000 to June 2018. He specialized in agriculture, coal, paper and forest products, refining, shipping, and steel investments. He also managed a global real estate fund at Van Eck earlier in his career. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman Sachs, which ultimately became Citi Group, and he worked at Refco. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English and American literature from Harvard College.

Geoffrey King, CFA Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager — Global Natural Resources Equity Geoffrey King is a portfolio manager on the firm’s Global Natural Resources Equity team. Prior to joining Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in July 2018, he worked at Abraxas Petroleum where he was vice president and chief financial officer for approximately six years, responsible for strategy, business development, financial planning, analysis, and hedging. For the five years before that, King was a senior energy analyst at Van Eck, where he was focused on natural resource commodities and equities. He holds bachelor’s degrees in both economics and history from Davidson College.

Barry S. Gladstein Vice President, Equity Analyst/Philadelphia Mr. Gladstein joined Delaware in 1995. Prior to that he was director of operational planning at CIGNA Corporation from 1991-1995 and a senior accountant with Arthur Young & Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.

Barry is a Portfolio Manager and Senior Equity Analyst for the Global Listed Infrastructure Team at Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). He supports the management of Global Listed Infrastructure portfolios and is also responsible for covering utility stocks in the Americas region. In addition, Barry co-manages a climate solution strategy with members of MAM’s Global Natural Resources and Sustainability teams. Prior to joining Macquarie, Barry was an Equities Research Analyst with Citigroup. He was a member of Citi’s top-ranked utilities research team, covering gas and electric utilities and integrated gas companies. Before his time at Citi, Barry was a Senior Associate in Business Assurance and Advisory Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he audited and reviewed companies in the utilities, consumer products, and not-for-profit sectors. He is currently Chairman of the Board for the charity Stupid Cancer. Barry holds a Bachelor of Arts in accounting (magna cum laude) from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a Certified Public Accountant