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In September 1999, J Parsons joined BGI's US Intermediary and Exchange-Traded Funds Business to assist in the creation and launch of the iShares Funds. He is currently responsible for all sales in the intermediary business channel. Before assuming this role, J was head of the Equity Index Management, Equity Trading and Transition Services Groups. Prior to joining BGI in 1995, he spent two years at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc as a vice president of convertible securities and equity derivatives. From 1985 to 1992, he was executive vice president of Leland O'Brien Rubinstein Associates where he managed the trading and client service operations and was involved in equity and currency risk management programs. J holds an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago and a BA in mathematics and economics from Claremont Men's College. | 