John Hardy is responsible for contributing to the management for the firm’s large cap value, multi cap value, mid cap value, smid cap value and small cap value strategies. Mr. Hardy joined Lord Abbett in 2011. His previous experience includes serving as Vice President, Senior Financial Analyst – Clean Technology at Gleacher & Co. and Vice President, Senior Financial Analyst – Clean Technology, Associate Research Analyst – Technology, and Trading Assistant at American Technology Research, Inc. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2003. He earned a BS in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.

Darnell Azeez leads Lord Abbett’s Value Equity team and contributes to the management of the firm’s Dividend strategies. Mr. Azeez re-joined Lord Abbett in 2015. Prior to his current role, he served as a Portfolio Manager on the firm’s taxable fixed income team. His previous experience includes serving as a Equity Research Analyst at TAMRO Capital Partners; Equity Research Analyst, Director of Public Fund Marketing and Advisor Consultant at Lord Abbett. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2002. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2002. He earned a BA in economics and business from Lafayette College and is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.