Neuberger Berman Appoints Nicole Vettise As Client Portfolio Manager

London, February 3 2022 — Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, announced today the appointment of Nicole Vettise, who has joined the firm as managing director and client portfolio manager for equities in EMEA.

In this newly-created role in London, Vettise will partner with the region’s client coverage professionals to help clients maximize the breadth of Neuberger Berman’s equities platform.

Vettise joins from Franklin Templeton, where she spent three years serving as a senior institutional portfolio manager for emerging markets equities. In this role, she covered a suite of emerging markets products and developed business strategy for retail and institutional clients across EMEA and Canada. Prior to this, Vettise spent two years at BlackRock as the head of the natural resources and thematics product strategist team. Vettise has held similar roles at RBC Global Asset Management and JP Morgan Asset Management.

Dik van Lomwel, head of EMEA and Latin America at Neuberger Berman, comments: “With portfolio managers now located in Japan, China and more in Europe, along with advances to our global research, data science and ESG capabilities, we are building on our long history of equity management. Nicole has a proven history of bringing clients equity solutions from such broad resources.”

Nicole Vettise adds: “Neuberger Berman holds a unique spot in the industry— independent, employee-owned, aligned with clients, focused on ESG and constantly striving to excel. I look forward to working with teams globally to further develop our offering.”

Based in London, Vettise will report to Dik van Lomwel and Doug Kramer, head of institutional equity and multi-asset at Neuberger Berman.

About Neuberger Berman

Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. With offices in 25 countries, Neuberger Berman’s diverse team has over 2,300 professionals. For seven consecutive years, the company has been named first or second in Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management survey (among those with 1,000 employees or more). In 2020, the PRI named Neuberger Berman a Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The PRI also awarded Neuberger Berman an A+ in every eligible category for our approach to ESG integration across asset classes. The firm manages $460 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2021. For more information, please visit our website at www.nb.com.

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