Greg Powell is Director of Research of US Large Cap Value Equities and Portfolio Manager of US Equity Income. Previously, he was director of research of Equity Hedge Fund Strategies, focusing on the management of the short portfolio in the Global Opportunities Fund, working with the Global Research team (since 2005). From March 2009 to late 2010, Powell was also the head of Fundamental Value Research, responsible for overseeing the firm’s fundamental research analysts. He joined AB in 1997 as an analyst, supporting the Advanced Value Fund, and was promoted to become the Fund’s director of research in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, Powell was at General Motors, where he was general director for Market Research. He earned a BA in economics and mathematics in 1981 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MA and PhD in economics in 1983 and 1986, respectively, from Northwestern University. Location: New York