Emerging Markets Investment Committee

Mauricio Abadia
Senior Analyst

• Experience
• Current Responsibilities
• Analyst responsibilities on the Utilities Research Team
• Member of the Emerging Markets Investment Committee
• Member of the Brandes Institute Advisory Board
• Experience began in 2006
• Joined Brandes Investment Partners in 2010
• Prior Career Highlights
• Senior Consultant with Deloitte
• Education and Skills
• MBA (with honors) from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
• BS in systems engineering (with distinction) from the University of Virginia
• Fluent in Spanish

Christopher J. Garrett, CFA
Director, Institutional Group

• Experience
• Current Responsibilities
• Member of the Emerging Markets Investment Committee
• Develop and service relationships with institutional consultants and clients
• Non-Executive Director of Brandes Investment Partners (Asia) Pte. Ltd. ("Brandes Asia"), which is headquartered in Singapore and is an affiliate of Brandes Investment Partners, L.P
• Experience began in 1990
• Joined Brandes Investment Partners in 2000
• Prior Career Highlights
• Chief Executive Officer and Institutional Portfolio Manager for Brandes Asia
• Portfolio Manager/Analyst with Dupont Capital Management
• Corporate Loan Officer with City National Bank
• Corporate Loan Officer with First Interstate Bank of California
• Education and Skills
• MBA from Columbia University’s Columbia Business School
• BS in finance from Arizona State University

Louis Y. Lau, CFA
Director, Investments Group

• Experience
  • Current Responsibilities
  • Analyst responsibilities on the Financial Institutions Research Team
  • Member of the Emerging Markets Investment Committee
  • Product Coordinator for the Emerging Markets Portfolio
  • Experience began in 1998
  • Joined Brandes Investment Partners in 2004
  • Limited partner of the firm’s parent company
  • Prior Career Highlights
  • Analyst with Goldman Sachs, in investment banking and equity capital markets
• Education and Skills
• MBA in finance and accounting (with honors) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• Director of Research and Portfolio Manager of the Wharton Investment Management Fund, a student-run, U.S. small-cap value fund
• BBA in finance (with merit) from the National University of Singapore
• Studied at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and New York University
• Fluent in Chinese

Gerardo Zamorano, CFA
Director, Investments Group

• Experience
  • Current Responsibilities
  • Analyst and Team Leader responsibilities on the Telecommunications Research Team
  • Member of the Emerging Markets and All-Cap Investment Committees
  • Experience began in 1995
  • Joined Brandes Investment Partners in 1999
  • Limited partner of the firm’s parent company
  • Prior Career Highlights
  • Assistant Investment Officer in the Latin America Department with the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group)
• Education and Skills
• MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University
• BSE (magna cum laude) from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania
• Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese