Dara White is global head of emerging market equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He has acted as lead portfolio manager of emerging market equities since 2008. Mr. White joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 2006 as co-manager with the strategic investor team. Previously, Mr. White was a portfolio manager and analyst with RCM Global investors. He has been a member of the investment community since 1998. Mr. White received a B.S. in finance and marketing from Boston College. He is a member of the CFA institute and the Security Analysts of San Francisco. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Perry is a senior portfolio manager within the Emerging Markets Equity team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments and is based in Boston. Previously, he was an associate analyst with Artisan Partners and Morgan Keegan and been a member of the investment community since 2006. Perry received a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Georgia and an MBA in finance and marketing from the Kellogg School of Management. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Mr. Lin joined the Investment Manager in 2019. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, Mr. Lin worked as a senior analyst at Yulan Capital, LLC Group and previously worked as an analyst at Surveyor Capital (Citadel, LLC.), Merchants’ Gate Capital, LP and J.P. Morgan Securities. Mr. Lin began his investment career in 2006 and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Darren Powell is a senior portfolio manager on the Emerging Markets Equity team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Mr. Powell had most recently been a portfolio manager on the Global Focus strategy. He joined the firm in 2016 as a senior analyst on the Focused Large Cap Growth team with a focus on research and idea generation for non-US stocks. Previously, Mr. Powell was an equity research analyst at Wellington Management focused on international and global growth strategies, as well as the Social ImpactPortfolio. He also worked as an investment associate for Putnam Investments from 2002 to 2004. He has been a member of the investment community since 2000. Mr. Powell received a B.A. in International Studies from Colby College. In addition, he is a memberof Boston Security Analysts Society and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst®designation.

Mr. Unal joined the Investment Manager in 2015. Mr. Unal began his investment career in 2015 and earned an MSc in Finance & Investment from Durham University Business School and a BSc in Physics from Durham University.