BlackRock Natural Resources Fund D Acc

Fund manager biography

Tom Holl, CFA, Director, is a member of the Natural Resources team within the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock’s Active Equity Group. He is responsible for covering the mining and gold sectors. Mr. Holl moved to his current role in 2008. His service with the BlackRock dates back to 2006, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, Mr. Holl was a member of the Global Equity team and the Real Estate team as a member of the graduate training program. Mr. Holl earned a BA degree, with honors, in Land Economy from Cambridge University in 2006.

Fund manager biography

Managing Director, is the Global Head of Sustainable Core Investing and a Portfolio Manager within the Thematics & Sectors team in BlackRock’s Fundamental Equities division. Mr. Bishop leads the team's energy investment pod and co-manages both traditional energy related strategies (e.g., BGF World Energy, BGF Natural Resources) and energy transition thematic strategies (e.g., BGF Sustainable Energy, BGF Future of Transport). Alastair sits on BlackRock's Climate Infrastructure Investment Committee and the EMEA Investment Stewardship Advisory Committee. He has also represented BlackRock on several external initiatives related to the energy transition including the City of London's Green Finance Initiative (2016-17) and the UK Government's Capital Markets Climate Initiative (2013-14). Mr. Bishop joined BlackRock in 2010 from Piper Jaffray where he was a Senior Research Analyst covering Clean Technology. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray in 2009, he covered the Renewable Energy and Industrial sectors for 8 years at the European Investment Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort. Mr. Bishop earned a BSc honours degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham in 2001.