Klaus joined Impax Asset Management in July 2024 and is co-Portfolio Manager of the Global High Yield bond strategy and a member of the Emerging Market Corporate bond team and Credit Strategy Group. Klaus started his career in 1999 at Realkredit Danmark as a Risk Manager. In 2000 he became the responsible fund manager for Nykredit Invest Engros Eurokredit. After Nykredit, Klaus was employed as a senior portfolio manager at Bankinvest, responsible for launching and managing Bankinvest Corporate Credit, a Global Investment Grade fund. Klaus joined Sparinvest in August 2005 where he was responsible for Credit Products at Sparinvest. Klaus resigned from his position at Sparinvest May 2014 having grown the Credit business from zero to €2bn+ together with Sune, Toke and Peter. Klaus attended the University of Copenhagen where he earned an MSc in Economics.

Meno Stroemer is a Managing Director and Head of Emerging Market Corporate Bond Portfolio Management at NCRAM. Previously, he headed the Portfolio Management team and was the lead portfolio manager of emerging market strategies at Fisch Asset Management from 2014 to 2022. Prior to that, he worked for Morgan Stanley in New York, where he initially built up the emerging markets corporate trading desk. He later transferred to Morgan Stanley’s Global Capital Markets group to head up the emerging markets debt syndicate function globally. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Meno worked at UBS for 14 years, initially in London as a credit research analyst. He subsequently transferred to New York and transitioned into a trading role covering emerging markets (Asia, EMEA and Latin America), and ultimately became the head of UBS’ Latin American credit trading desk. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Eurobond desk analyst for HSBC in London and spent nearly three years at Moody’s Investor Service in New York in the position of research analyst. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and an M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona.

David leads on EdenTree’s responsible and sustainable fixed income strategies, including the Sterling Bond Fund, the Short-Dated Bond Fund and co-manages the Global Impact Bond Fund. David joined EdenTree in 2015 and possesses over a decade of investment expertise across sovereigns, corporate debt and money markets. His previous experience at Epworth Investment Management saw him managing fixed income portfolios via designated mandates as well as bespoke solutions. Along with a BSc. Economics degree from the University of Essex, David is a CFA Charterholder. David is a member of the London Stock Exchange’s Primary Markets Group, an advisory group to the LSE on all matters affecting primary capital markets.

Natalia Krol is a member of Barings’ Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Group. Natalia is a Portfolio Manager for Barings’ Emerging Markets Blended Total Return strategies and a Research Analyst for the Baring’s Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Team. Natalia is responsible for covering global metals & mining and energy corporates. Natalia has worked in the industry since 2002. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, she was a Credit Analyst at Schroders Investment Management covering the natural resources and capital goods sectors across Emerging Markets, European High Yield and Investment Grade markets. Prior to this, Natalia was a European High Yield Research Analyst at Barclays Capital. Natalia holds an M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics and a B.Ss. in International Economics from Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy.

Ms. Jones joined Oaktree’s London office in 2003 and serves as portfolio manager for the European High Yield Bond and European Senior Loan strategies, and co-portfolio manager for the Global High Yield Bond strategy. She is also a member of the firm’s EMEA Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Before joining Oaktree, Ms. Jones spent more than three years at Deutsche Bank AG in London as a senior associate in the Leveraged Debt Origination Group specializing in loan, mezzanine and high yield bond financings to support European leveraged buyouts. Prior thereto, she spent two years in the Acquisition Finance Group at Natwest Group plc. Ms. Jones received a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Durham, England. She is a CFA charterholder.