Fund Inception | 01/02/1997 |
Name of Issuer | John Hancock |
Fund Advisor(s) | John Hancock Investment Management LLC |
Sub-Advisor(s) | Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc |
Fund Managers for JVLIX
Mark Donovan
Portfolio Manager since 01/02/1997
Mark Donovan, CFA, is a senior portfolio manager for Boston Partners Large Cap Value strategy, a role he has held since the firm's inception in 1995. Previously, he had served eleven years as Co-Chief Executive Officer, where he was responsible for strategic and tactical operating decisions affecting the firm. Mr. Donovan was one of the founding partners of Boston Partners Asset Management. He joined the firm from The Boston Company where he was Senior Vice President and equity portfolio manager. He also spent five years as a consulting associate with Kaplan, Smith & Associates, and two years as a securities analyst for Value Line Inc. For ten years, Mr. Donovan was a trustee at St. Sebastian's School, where he served on the Investment and Long Range Planning Committees. He holds a B.S. degree in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
David Cohen
Portfolio Manager since 10/01/2018
David Cohen,CFA, is a portfolio manager for the Boston Partners Large Cap Value strategy. His experience at the firm included managing a portion of the Boston Partners Long/Short Research strategy focusing on security selection within the energy sector as well as the engineering & construction, and metals & mining industries. Prior to his current role, Mr. Cohen served as an equity analyst covering these same industries. He has deep experience analyzing and understanding capital intensive commodity-oriented businesses. He joined the firm from Loomis Sayles where he had over 8 years of experience as a portfolio manager. As an equity analyst he covered the energy, materials, and industrials sectors. Prior to joining Loomis Sayles, Mr. Cohen was in consultant relations at MFS Investment Management. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and his M.S. in Finance from Brandeis University.
Joshua White
Portfolio Manager since 02/01/2021
Joshua White is a portfolio manager for the Boston Partners Large Cap Value strategy. His experience at the firm included managing a portion of the Boston Partners Long/Short Research strategy while covering multiple economic sectors including basic industries, consumer durables, and capital goods. Mr. White was also a portfolio manager on Boston Partners Global Equity and International Equity strategies and before that, he was a global generalist providing fundamental research on global equities. Mr. White holds a B.A. degree in mathematics from Middlebury College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and has 15 years of industry experience.