Andre Perold - Vanguard Financials Independent Trustees

VFAIX Fund  USD 49.61  0.63  1.29%   
Andre Perold is Fund Manager at Vanguard Financials Index
Mr. Andre F. Perold is Independent Trustees of Vanguard Funds. He was George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at the Harvard Business School Chair of the Investment Committee of HighVista Strategies LLC .
Age 66
Tenure 20 years
Phone800-662-7447

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The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index Financials 2550, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the financials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard . Vanguard Financial is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. The fund is listed under Financial category and is part of Vanguard family. The entity is thematically classified as Money Funds.

Vanguard Financials Index Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Vanguard Financials' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Vanguard Financials inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Vanguard. The board's role is to monitor Vanguard Financials' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Vanguard Financials' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Vanguard Financials' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
William Coleman, Fund Manager since December 22, 2015
JoAnn Heisen, Independent Trustees
Kathryn Hyatt, Treasurer
Alfred Rankin, Independent Trustees
Amy Gutmann, Independent Trustees
Joseph Loughrey, Independent Trustees
Andre Perold, Independent Trustees
Peter Volanakis, Independent Trustees
Heidi Stam, Secretary
Emerson Fullwood, Independent Trustees
Michelle Louie, Fund Manager
Rajiv Gupta, Independent Trustees
Thomas Higgins, CFO
William McNabb, Chairman of the Board of Trustee and Presidentident, CEO

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