BlackRock Gold and General manager Graham Birch will be taking a sabbatical at the beginning of Apri...
BlackRock Gold and General manager Graham Birch will be taking a sabbatical at the beginning of April until the end of 2009. Evy Hambro who currently manages BGF World Gold and World Mining, will take sole responsibility for the £1.4bn fund during Birch's absence. Hambro will be supported by Richard Davis manager of BlackRock's Commodities Income investment trust. Managing director of UK retail, Alex Hoctor-Duncan, says: "Graham has been with the company for 15 years and although we do not have a specific sabbatical programme he asked and we said yes. "We are comfortable with the st...
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