Sammy Suzuki, CFA

Sammy Suzuki, CFA

Head—Emerging Markets Equities; Co-Chief Investment Officer—Strategic Core Equities

29 Years at AB
30 Years of experience

Sammy Suzuki is Head of Emerging Markets Equities, responsible for overseeing AB’s emerging markets equity business. He is also Co-Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Core Equities. Suzuki was a key architect of the Strategic Core platform and has managed the Emerging Markets portfolio since its inception in 2012, and the Global, International and US portfolios since 2015. He has managed portfolios for nearly two decades. From 2010 to 2012, Suzuki also held the role of director of Fundamental Value Research, where he managed 50 fundamental analysts globally. Prior to managing portfolios, he spent a decade as a research analyst. Suzuki joined AB in 1994 as a research associate, first covering the capital equipment industry, followed by the technology and global automotive industries. Before joining the firm, he was a consultant at Bain & Company. Suzuki holds both a BSE in materials engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a BS (magna cum laude) in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Board of the CFA Society New York. Location: New York