Meet the Investment Team

Strategic Advisers LLC

Strategic Advisers LLC (Strategic Advisers), a registered investment adviser and a Fidelity Investments company, provides day-to-day discretionary portfolio management as sub-adviser of Fidelity International Equity Strategy accounts, including investment selection and trade execution. Strategic Advisers has retained Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMRCo) as a model holdings provider. FMRCo taps dedicated international resources to actively research and evaluate stocks to select positions for the model portfolios. FMRCo benefits from Fidelity’s rich history of managing international equity strategies for over 65 years and the experience of its 65+ international equity investment professionals.1

Jeffrey Delleo, CFA2

  • PORTFOLIO MANAGER, STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC
  • Joined Fidelity: 1997

Jeffrey Delleo is a portfolio manager at Strategic Advisers. In this role, he is responsible for managing the Fidelity International Equity Strategy and overseeing its adherence to its investment mandate and objective. His day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities include managing customized, tax-sensitive asset allocation portfolios for individual clients and trusts.
 
Prior to assuming his current responsibilities in 2012, Mr. Delleo held various positions of increasing responsibility within Strategic Advisers LLC. He has been in the financial industry since 1994. Mr. Delleo earned his bachelor of arts degree in finance and operations management from the University of Massachusetts, as well as his master of business administration degree in finance from Boston College. He is a CFA® charterholder. 


William Bower

  • PORTFOLIO MANAGER, FMRCo
  • JOINED FIDELITY: 1993

Bill Bower is an underlying model manager for Fidelity International Equity Strategy. As a portfolio manager in the Equity division at Fidelity Investments, he manages Fidelity Diversified International Fund, Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund and Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund.
 
Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, Mr. Bower managed various other Fidelity funds, including Fidelity International Discovery Fund and Fidelity Select Construction and Housing Portfolio. He has been in the financial industry since 1989. Mr. Bower earned his bachelor of science degree from Western Michigan University and his master of business administration degree from the University of Michigan.


Timothy Gannon, CFA2

  • PORTFOLIO MANAGER/QUANTITATIVE ANALYST, FMRCO
  • JOINED FIDELITY: 2006

Tim Gannon is an underlying model manager for Fidelity International Equity Strategy. As a quantitative analyst in the Equity division at Fidelity Investments, he is responsible for building stock selection models, providing portfolio construction guidance, and researching investment strategies. In addition, he is co-portfolio manager of Fidelity Magellan ETF and Fidelity Small-Mid Cap Opportunities ETF.
 
Prior to joining Fidelity in his current position in 2006, Mr. Gannon was a quantitative analyst at Gartmore Global Investments. During this time, he also worked as a quantitative analyst and an assistant portfolio manager. He has been in the financial industry since 1999. Mr. Gannon earned his bachelor of arts degree in economics from Duke University. He is a CFA® Charterholder.


César Hernández, CFA2

  • PORTFOLIO MANAGER, FMRCo
  • JOINED FIDELITY: 1989

César Hernández is an underlying model manager for Fidelity International Equity Strategy. As a portfolio manager within the Global Institutional Solutions (GIS) group, he developed the Select International discipline at Fidelity and has been responsible for managing Select International and Select Global portfolios on behalf of institutional investors around the world since the discipline's inception in 1989.

Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. Hernández was a portfolio manager for international investments at State Street Bank & Trust Company. He has been in the financial industry since 1986. Mr. Hernández earned his bachelor of science degree from the Universidad Simón Bolívar and his master of business administration degree from Babson College. He is a CFA® charterholder.


Zach Dewhirst, CFA2

  • PORTFOLIO MANAGER/TEAM LEADER, FMRCo
  • JOINED FIDELITY: 2007

Zach Dewhirst is an underlying model manager for Fidelity International Equity Strategy. As a portfolio manager and team leader of the quantitative equity research team within the Global Institutional Solutions (GIS) group at Fidelity Investments, he manages equity portfolios including Fidelity Institutional Asset Management's® (FIAM's®) suite of Global Low Volatility Strategies, the Fidelity U.S. Low Volatility Equity Fund, FIAM Sustainable U.S. Equity Leaders and FIAM Sustainable International Equity Leaders.
 
Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, Mr. Dewhirst was a quantitative analyst responsible for conducting research to build and enhance the quantitative stock selection models used to manage various FIAM portfolios. He has been in the financial industry since 1999. Mr. Dewhirst earned his bachelor of science degree in quantitative economics from Tufts University and his master of business administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. He is a CFA® Charterholder.