Brian Hopkinson

BRIAN HOPKINSON is Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager with GE
Asset Managements International Equities Team. He has international
portfolio management responsibilities with particular emphasis on
Japanese and Asian Securities. Mr. Hopkinson brings twenty years of
investment experience to GE Asset Management. He began his investment
management career at Legal & General Group in London and subsequently
worked for Fiduciary Trust Company International, both in London and in
New York, before joining GE Asset Management. Mr. Hopkinson graduated
from Leeds University with an honors degree in Mathematics and
Statistics and is an Associate of the Institute of Actuaries.