Previously, he worked at Putnam Investments as an analyst. Prior to that, Mr. DiGiacomo worked for Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream as a manufacturing supervisor and served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has been a member of the investment community since 2001. Mr. DiGiacomo received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Daisuke Nomoto is head of Japanese equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Prior to his current role, he was a director and senior portfolio manager on the International Equity Team. Mr. Nomoto joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms in 2005. Previously, Mr. Nomoto worked as an equity analyst at Putnam Investments. Prior to that, he held a variety of positions for Nippon Life Insurance, including four years as a senior portfolio manager and equity analyst at Nissay Asset Management, Tokyo, and five years as an equity analyst with NLI International. Mr. Nomoto received a B.A. from Shiga University, Japan. He is a chartered member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.

Alexis Deladerrière, CFA,is the Head of International Developed Markets Equity within the Fundamental U.S. Equity team including the International Equity ESG and International Equity Income strategies. He joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. in July 2002 as a research analyst. Mr. Deladerrière graduated from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP) in 2002 with a Masters degree in Finance, Economics and General Management. As part of his studies he worked at Crédit Lyonnais and A.T. Kearney in Paris.

Vice President, Co-Lead Portfolio Manager, Global Equity – New York Abhishek is a portfolio manager on the Global Equity team within GSAM Fundamental Equity, where he is a co-lead portfolio manager for International Equity and responsible for GSAM’s International Equity ESG and International Equity Income strategies. He is also the Global Sector Lead for the Industrials sector. Abhishek joined GSAM in 2007 as an investment analyst and has been a part of the investment team for the past 12 years. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Kolkata University in India in 2004 and an MBA from the Management Development Institute (MDI) in 2007. Abhishek was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) in 2006.