Gordon Fraser, CFA, Managing Director, is Co-Head of Global Emerging Markets Equities for BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity Group. Mr. Fraser is lead portfolio manager for the Core Global Emerging Markets strategy and co-manages the Emerging Frontiers Hedge Fund. Mr. Fraser is also named manager on the Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund. Mr. Fraser is platform lead for macroeconomic analysis. He joined BlackRock as an Analyst in 2006. Mr. Fraser earned a BA (1st class) and an MPhil (distinction) in Economics from Cambridge University in 2006. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Kevin Jia, Director, is a portfolio manager and research analyst on the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team within BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity Group. Mr Jia co-manages the Global Emerging Markets Core Strategy with Gordon Fraser. He is also a member of the North Asia Consumers and Communication Services research pod. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2015, Mr. Jia was with KKR, based in Beijing, responsible for private equity investment due diligence and portfolio company management. Mr. Jia earned a BA degree in Economics & Finance from Tsinghua University in 2013.

Emily Fletcher, CFA, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager and a research analyst on the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team within BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity Group. She is responsible for co-managing the BlackRock Frontier Investment Trust, the Emerging Frontier hedge fund, Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity and the Emerging Market Equity Income strategies. Mrs. Fletcher joined the Emerging Markets team in 2008 and since then has covered African, ASEAN, Frontier and Latam equities and is based in London. Prior to moving to her current role in 2008, Ms. Fletcher was a member of the Multi-Asset Portfolio Strategies (MAPS) group and the UK Equity team. She joined BlackRock as an Analyst in 2006. Mrs. Fletcher earned a BA degree and an MSc degree in experimental and theoretical physics, both from the University of Cambridge in 2005 and 2006, respectively.