Sammy Suzuki was promoted to Co-Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Core Equities in 2018. He has been managing the Emerging Markets Strategic Core portfolio since its inception in July 2012, and the global, international and US portfolios since 2015.

Suzuki has managed portfolios for well over a decade. From 2010 to 2012, he also held the role of director of Fundamental Value Research, where he managed 50 fundamental analysts globally.

Prior to managing portfolios, Suzuki spent a decade as a research analyst. He joined AB in 1994 as a research associate covering the capital equipment industry, and then became an analyst covering the technology industry.

Suzuki became portfolio manager in 2004. From 1998 to 2004, he served as senior research analyst for the global automotive industry.

Before joining the firm, Suzuki was a consultant at Bain & Company.

He holds a BS in materials science and engineering and a BS in finance (both magna cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania.

He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Board of the CFA Society New York.