Alison Shimada is a senior portfolio manager and head of the Total Emerging Markets Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. She joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Prior to her current role, she served as a senior analyst covering areas of developing Europe and Africa. She began her responsibilities at WFAM as the head of equity research for the developed markets (EAFE) international equity team and as a senior investment analyst for Japan and Australia/New Zealand. Alison joined WFAM after serving as an investment officer of the University of California Regents-Office of the Treasurer. Her prior experience also includes serving as a portfolio manager specializing in Malaysian equities at Commerce Asset Fund Managers and as a senior equity analyst covering Japanese securities at Fidelity Investments Japan. Alison began her investment industry career in 1985. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political economies of industrial societies from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.

Elaine Tse is a portfolio manager for the Total Emerging Markets Equity team at Allspring Global Investments. She joined Allspring from its predecessor firm, Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). Elaine joined WFAM as a senior analyst responsible for North Asia after working as an investment analyst for Fidelity Investments Management Ltd. in Hong Kong. Prior to Fidelity, Elaine was a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., in Hong Kong. She began her investment industry career in 1990. Elaine earned bachelor’s degrees in communications and economics from the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School of Business, graduating magna cum laude. She also earned a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. Elaine is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.