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Advisor Information for VWUAX

Fund Inception08/13/2001
Name of IssuerVanguard
Fund Advisor(s)Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited
Wellington Management Company LLP
Jennison Associates LLC
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Fund Managers for VWUAX

Andrew Shilling
Portfolio Manager since 10/07/2010
Andrew J. Shilling, CFA, Senior Vice President and Equity Portfolio Manager of Wellington Management. He has worked in investment management for Wellington Management since 1994, has managed investment portfolios since 2000. Education: B.A., Amherst College; M.B.A., Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College.
Blair Boyer
Portfolio Manager since 02/21/2014
Blair Boyer is co-head of the large cap growth equity team and a large cap growth equity portfolio manager. He is responsible for overseeing the investment process, strategy implementation, and risk management for Jennison's large cap growth equity portfolios. He joined Jennison in 1993 as an international equity analyst before assuming his current role as portfolio manager in 2003. Prior to that, he was with Bleichroeder managing international equity portfolios and at Verus Capital as a senior portfolio manager. Blair received a BA in economics from Bucknell University and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.
Kathleen McCarragher
Portfolio Manager since 02/21/2014
Kathleen McCarragher is the head of growth equity and a large cap growth equity portfolio manager. She is responsible for overseeing the investment process, strategy implementation, and risk management for Jennison's growth equity platform. Kathleen is also a member of the Jennison Management Team, ESG Investment Leadership Team, and Jennison Board of Directors. Before joining Jennison in 1998, she was a managing director and the director of large cap growth equities with Weiss, Peck & Greer. Prior to that, she was an investor with State Street Research & Management. Kathleen received a BBA, summa cum laude, in finance and economics from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Gary Robinson
Portfolio Manager since 05/05/2015
Gary has been a member of the Global Stewardship Portfolio Construction Group since its inception in 2015 and is an Investment Manager in the US Equities Team. He graduated MBiochem in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford in 2003 and joined Baillie Gifford the same year. He spent time working on our Japanese, UK and European Equity Teams before moving to the US Equities Team in 2008. Gary is a generalist investor but retains a special interest in the healthcare sector dating back to his undergraduate degree. Gary became a Partner of the firm in 2019.
Tom Slater
Portfolio Manager since 11/30/2015
Tom graduated BSc in Computer Science with Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh in 2000. He joined Baillie Gifford the same year and worked in the Developed Asia and UK Equity Teams before joining the Long Term Global Growth Team at the start of 2009. Tom became a Partner in the firm in 2012. Tom was appointed Joint Manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust in January 2015 having served as Deputy Manager for the previous five years. In 2015 Tom was appointed Head of the North American Equities Team and is a decision maker on Long Term Global Growth portfolios. Tom’s investment interest is focused on high growth companies both in listed equity markets and as an investor in private companies.

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