Simon Chester, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, has served on teams managing fixed-income for American Century Investments since joining it in 2010. Prior to joining American Century Investments, he was a senior credit analyst at Western Asset Management. He has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of South Africa.

Lynn Chen, CFA, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, has served on teams managing fixed-income investments since joining American Century Investment Management, Inc. in 2021. Previously, Lynn joined Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. in May 2013 following the acquisition of Artio Global Management. From 2002-2013, she held a role similar to a Senior Investment Manager with Artio Global Management’s Fixed Income Group. Prior to that, she was a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management and Chase Asset Management. Previously, she was a Junior Portfolio Manager at Nippon Life Americas. Lynn graduated with a BA from Beijing University and an MPA from Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs. She is a CFA Charterholder.

Steve co-leads the Rates & Currency Markets team within Global Fixed Income and is a member of the Global Fixed Income Investment Committee, which sets investment outlook for the Global Fixed Income group. Steve also serves as a senior portfolio manager on several fixed income strategies, including Global Fixed Income, U.S. Inflation-Adjusted Bond, U.S. Inflation Protection Bond, and U.S. Short Duration Inflation Protection Bond. Prior to joining American Century in 2024, Steve was a portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price and the co-head of the Global Interest Rate and Currency strategy team. Previously, he was a director of portfolio management with Fannie Mae. He started in the industry in 1999 as an analyst at Cambridge Associates. Steve earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from George Washington University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He is a CFA© charterholder and member of the CFA Institute.