Barbara Trebbi is a portfolio manager and analyst and is currently responsible for Continental Europe. She began her career at Mackenzie Investment Management as a research analyst focusing on international equities. From 1995 she served as Vice President of Mackenzie, specializing in the Asian region. In 1995 she became Senior Vice President and Managing Director of International Equities at Ivy Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mackenzie, and had direct responsibility for several international equity portfolios. She joined Mercator in 2000. Barbara has a Graduate Diploma from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BS degree from the University of Florida. She is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of South Florida, where she served as President from 1994 to 1995.