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Maria Negrete-Gruson, CFA, is a managing director of Artisan Partners and the portfolio manager for its Sustainable Emerging Markets Strategy. Prior to joining Artisan Partners in 2006, Ms. Negrete-Gruson was the portfolio manager for DuPont Capital Management’s emerging markets equity portfolios. Before assuming responsibilities as portfolio manager, she was an international equity analyst covering the developed Asia―ex-Japan region. Earlier in her career, she was a foreign exchange trader for Banco Ganadero in Bogotá, Colombia.Ms. Negrete-Gruson holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and international relations from Universidad Externado in Colombia and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia Business School. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.