Mark Burns is a co-portfolio manager at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he co-manages the Loomis Sayles Specialty Growth Strategies. He has 27 years of investment industry experience. Mark joined Loomis Sayles in 1999 as a small cap growth analyst working on a range of sectors, including technology, consumer and healthcare. He was promoted to portfolio manager in 2005, at which point he co-founded the new small cap growth strategy. Mark previously worked as an investment analyst for New England Pension Consultants, where he researched small cap strategies, developed risk/return assumptions for all asset classes and performed asset allocation studies. He earned his undergraduate degree at Colby College and an MBA from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University.

John Slavik is a co-portfolio manager at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he co-manages the Loomis Sayles Specialty Growth Strategies. He has 32 years of investment industry experience. John joined Loomis Sayles in 2005, where he co-founded the new small cap growth strategy. Before joining Loomis Sayles, he was a portfolio manager for Westfield Capital Management, LLC where he helped manage small and small/mid cap growth assets. Previously, John was vice president of equity research at Harbor Capital Management, where he held research responsibilities and was a member of the growth product portfolio management team. Prior to that, he was an associate portfolio manager and research analyst at Phoenix Investment Counsel. John is a member of the CFA Society of Boston and earned a BA, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut.