Michael Branch, CFA® — Michael Branch is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Manager of Portfolio Research at Aperio Group LLC (Aperio), a position he has held since 2012. He is responsible for leading the research efforts that support the implementation and enhancement of existing strategies as well as new strategy development. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Arizona. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of San Francisco. Michael Branch was a Portfolio Research, Trading, and Analytics Associate at Aperio Group LLC (Aperio). Michael co-authored “Factoring Probability” with Lisa Goldberg and Ran Leshem; it was published in Risk-Based and Factor Investing in 2015. He was the sole author of “The Case for Global Stock Portfolios,” published in the Journal of Indexes in 2011.

Annie Tan — Annie Tan has been a portfolio manager at Aperio since October 2013, where she supervises and manages Aperio’s ESG/SRI portfolio management efforts. She also provides analytical support in the research, portfolio management, and trading of client portfolios. Prior to joining Aperio, Annie was an Investment Analyst at Dragon Financial Group in 2013. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Davis and her MS in Financial Analysis from the University of San Francisco.

Brian Ko is a Portfolio Manager at Aperio and shares primary responsibility for managing the portfolio analysis efforts of Aperio. Brian also provides analytical support in the research, portfolio management, and trading of Aperio’s client portfolios. Prior to joining Aperio in 2014, he was a Senior Client Operations Associate at Lateef Investment Management from 2012 to 2014. Brian was also a Fund Accounting Manager with State Street Bank and Trust. He received his BS in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis, and his MS in Financial Analysis from Saint Mary’s College of California.