Cynthia Mayer

CYNTHIA MAYER joined Merrill Lynch Global Securities in March 2003 as an
Analyst with a focus on asset managers. In 2004, the team ranked first
in the Institutional Investor All-America Research team survey for
coverage of brokers and asset managers. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch,
Ms. Mayer worked as a Research Associate at Salomon Smith Barney,
covering asset managers, brokers, online brokers and specialty
pharmaceuticals. Before attending business school, she worked as a
reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, The St. Petersburg Times and
American Lawyer magazine, and she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow from
1994-1995. Ms. Mayer received a Master of Business Administration degree
from Columbia University in 1998 and her Bachelor of Arts degree in
History from Stanford University in 1981.