State Street International Value Spotlight Fund - Class K

Barry Glavin is the Chief Investment Officer of SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team, and the Portfolio Manager responsible for the International Value Spotlight Strategy.

He joined the business in November 2006 as Head of Industrials Research, and led the Research Team for six years until his appointment as CIO in July 2013. Prior to SSGA, Barry spent seven years with the HSBC group; in London, as Head of Industrials Research with HSBC Halbis Partners; and in Paris, as a Portfolio Manager with the Multi Asset Class team. Barry began his financial career as a derivatives broker with Cargill Investor Services in Paris.

Barry holds a BA in Politics and Philosophy from University College Dublin and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2003.

Bob Allen joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in November 2013 as a Research Analyst, specialising in the global technology and telecoms sectors.

Bob previously worked for 6 years at International Investment and Underwriting (IIU), a private equity firm, as a Corporate Finance Executive. Prior to joining IIU, Bob spent 11 years at Silicon and Software Systems (S3) where he attained the position of Projects Manager.

Bob holds a first class honours degree in Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Science, both from University College Cork, and a first class honours MBA from University College Dublin. He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2016.

PJ Davies joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in April 2017 as a Research Analyst, specialising in the global consumer sector.

PJ has spent over 32 years in the investment industry. He previously worked for Frost Consulting in London, providing consultancy services to the fund management industry. Prior to that he worked for Canaccord Genuity where he managed the team responsible for Quest, an application for analysing company valuations.

Prior to this, PJ spent 12 years at Pioneer Investments in Dublin, covering the consumer sector for over 10 of those years. During his time at Pioneer, PJ also held the roles of Head of Consumer Research and Head of Research. Before joining Pioneer in 2000, PJ had spent 4 years at Irish Life Investment Managers as a Senior Fund Manager and Analyst covering Asian equities and global consumer stocks.

PJ holds a BA (Modern Languages) from Oxford University and an MBA from Cass Business School.

Owen Dwyer joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in April 2015 as a Research Analyst, specialising in the global resources sectors.

Owen joins from the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) in Toronto where he was responsible for a long / short global materials strategy within the global equity team. Prior industry roles include five years with Pioneer Investments in Dublin as Head of European and Emerging Markets Materials and Energy Research, and six years with Merrill Lynch in London, where he was a rated sell-side analyst covering European Chemical companies.

He began his career as an R&D scientist with GlaxoWellcome in 1991, and found his way into equity research via business school (1997) and three years at management consultancy, AT Kearney.

Owen holds a BA (Hons) in Chemistry from Trinity College Dublin, a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh, and an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management.

Lance Graham joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in November 2007. Lance manages both our Global Value Strategy and our Europe Value Spotlight Strategy.

Prior to this appointment, Lance was responsible for the management of AIB Investment Managers (AIBIM) UK and Global equity funds. He was also responsible for the pharmaceutical, media and mining sectors of their Pan-European funds.

In a portfolio management career spanning 23 years, Lance has also worked for Glasgow Investment Managers and for Guardian Royal Exchange Asset Management in London.

Lance holds a first-class honours degree in Genetics from Edinburgh University and is an Associate Member of the CFA Society of the UK.

William Killeen joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in May 2005, and manages both our Asia Pacific Value Spotlight Strategy and our Eurozone Value Spotlight Strategy.

William has over 20 years investment industry experience. Prior to joining SSGA, William spent five years as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Resources Sector Analyst at Setanta Asset Management, the investment division of Great West Life of Canada. Prior to that William spent five years as a Senior Quantitative Analyst with BNP Paribas Asset Management in London and Standard Bank, London.

He has an MA in Economics from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth; a PhD in Finance from Queen's University, Belfast and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2012.

Joe Lawlor joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in 2002, and is a Research Analyst focused on the global healthcare sector.

Joe arrived at State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited in 1995 from ESB Fund Managers, and until 2002, Joe was part of the fixed income team at SSGA Ireland and was centrally involved in the duration and currency decision making process.

He previously worked at Riada Stockbrokers (ABN AMRO) and as an Economist with the Irish Department of Finance. Joe holds an MA (Economics) from University College Dublin.

Simon joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in October 2015 as a Research Analyst, specialising in the global consumer sector.

Simon has over 11 years investment industry experience. He previously worked for Goodbody Stockbrokers as an Equity Analyst covering the food and beverage industry. Prior to that Simon was an Executive Director in UBS's Leveraged Finance division in London and before that with Unicredit, also in London.

Simon graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2001 with a degree in Business Studies and French. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 2005 and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2014.

Mark Prentice joined SSGA's Dublin-based Fundamental Value Team in September 2011 as a Research Analyst focusing on financial statement analysis and corporate engagement.

Mark joined SSGA from Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London where he worked as a Forensic Accountant between 2003 and 2011. Prior to working at GSAM, Mark worked in the Forensic Accounting departments of both Ernst & Young and PwC predecessor firms in London.

Mark holds a BA in Geography from Durham University. He is Chartered Accountant, has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2006, and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is also a member of the Capital Markets Advisory Committee for the International Accounting Standards Board.