George Parker - IShares MSCI Independent Director

EWU Etf  USD 35.17  0.22  0.63%   
George Parker is Portfolio Manager at iShares MSCI United
Dr. George G.C. Parker Ph.D., is Independent Director of iShares MSCI United Kingdom. He was a Director of the Company since 2002 and Chairman of the Companys Board since 2010. Mr. Parker served as Lead Independent Director of the Company from 2006 until 2010 and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee for the Company from 2002 until 2010. Mr. Parker has served as a Trustee of iShares Trust since 2000, Chairman of iShares Trusts Board since 2010, Lead Independent Director of iShares Trust from 2006 until 2010, Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee for iShares Trust from 2002 until 2010, a Director of iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc. since 2010 and Chairman of iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc.s Board since 2010. Mr. Parker serves as Director on four other boards. Mr. Parker is the Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He teaches courses in Corporationrationrate Finance in the MBA Program, Stanford Sloan Program for Executives, and in other Executive Education Programs at Stanford University
Age 79
Tenure 12 years
Professional MarksMBA
IssueriShares
Inception Date1996-03-12
BenchmarkMSCI United Kingdom Index
Entity TypeRegulated Investment Company
Asset Under Management3.17 Billion
Average Trading Valume1.06 Million
Asset TypeEquity
CategoryBroad Equity
FocusStrategy
Market ConcentrationDeveloped Markets
Parker holds MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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The fund generally will invest at least 80 percent of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. United Kingdom is traded on NYSEARCA Exchange in the United States. iShares MSCI United [EWU] is traded in USA and was established 1996-03-12.

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