Paul is a portfolio manager at Principal Global Equities. He is a co-portfolio manager for the international core and international all country portfolios. Paul is also active in research with an emphasis on the international banking industry. He joined the firm in 1992 and has been a member of the international equity team since 1995. Paul was named a portfolio manager for international core in 2000. He received an MBA from Drake University and a bachelor's degree in finance from Iowa State University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Iowa.

George is chief investment officer and global head of equities for Principal Asset Management. In this role, he possesses leadership responsibility for the equities platform including managing more than 120 investment professionals across the firm's global investment centers. Maris also serves as portfolio manager on the firm's international equity strategies. George joined Principal in 2023, most recently serving as Head of Equities - Americas at Janus Henderson where he was a member of the firm’s executive committee, and as lead portfolio manager on the firm’s international and global alpha equity strategies where the international fund received the 2024 Lipper Award.* Prior to Janus Henderson, George was lead portfolio manager of the domestic core, international core and global equity strategies at Northern Trust Global Investments. Maris additionally was at Columbia Management Group serving as portfolio manager on its large-cap and mid-cap core domestic equity strategies. He previously was portfolio manager, equity analyst and derivatives strategist at Maris received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Swarthmore College, Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. George is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Putnam Investments, where the convertible securities strategy he co-managed also received the 2004 Lipper Award.** George guest lectured at several universities including the MIT Sloan School of Management, Wake Forest University and University of Denver. In addition, he is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Matthew Peron has been with Principal® since 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Peron was the Global Head of Solutions at Janus Henderson Investors since 2023 and Director of Research from 2020 to 2024. He led the firm’s Solutions Group, a team that constructs multi-asset solutions for clients’ complex investment objectives. Additionally, he is a portfolio manager on the firm’s suite of equity research strategies and is chair of the Portfolio Oversight Team that monitors risk for the research portfolios. Matt served as director of research, overseeing the central research team and analysts from 2020 to 2024. Prior to joining the firm in 2020, Matt was chief investment officer at City National Bank (the US Private Bank for the Royal Bank of Canada) from 2018. Earlier, he was an executive vice president and global head of equities at Northern Trust in Chicago from 2005. Matt has served on or chaired several investment committees overseeing asset allocations for large asset pools. He began his career in fixed income in 1990 and also has extensive experience with quantitative and fundamental portfolio management. Matt received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Swarthmore College, graduating with distinction, and his MBA from the University of Chicago. He sits on the board of the Illinois Hunger Coalition and is active in nonprofit organizations that focus on developing skills and entrepreneurship in underprivileged communities. He has 34 years of financial industry experience.