William R. Ebsworth, CFA
Chief Investment Officer

Bill Ebsworth is the Chief Investment Officer for Strategic Advisers, Inc. (SAI), a registered investment adviser and a Fidelity Investments company.

Mr. Ebsworth joined Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMRCo) in Boston in 1984 as a Research Analyst. He moved to Japan in 1986 and managed Fidelity Pacific Basin Fund from 1986 to 1990. In 1990, he relocated to Fidelity’s Hong Kong office as Research Director for Southeast Asia and later became Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer for the region –– positions he held though July 1997. Mr. Ebsworth was Senior Vice President and Group Leader for equity research and the Select Portfolios® for FMRCo until February 2002 when he was named Executive Vice President of Investment Services and Consultant Relations for Fidelity Institutional Retirement Service Company. From 2005 until he assumed his current position in 2006, Mr. Ebsworth served as Executive Vice President of Pyramis Global Advisors.

Between 1992 and 1997, Mr. Ebsworth served as a Director of the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co. and the Stock Exchange Options Clearing House, positions to which he was appointed by the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong government. Mr. Ebsworth also served as a Director of the Thailand International Fund, Ltd.; Fidelity Investments Hong Kong; Fidelity Investments Singapore, Ltd.; and Fidelity International Investment Advisors.

Mr. Ebsworth earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1980 and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1984. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society. Mr. Ebsworth has also been a member of the Fidelity Management Trust Committee since 2002.