Morten Bugge co-founded Global Evolution A/S in 2007 and serves as Global Evolution's chief investment officer. Prior to co-founding Global Evolution, Mr. Bugge worked for seven years as a managing director at Sydbank responsible for all emerging markets funds. Prior to this, Morten held a role as proprietary emerging market fixed income and FX trader for five years at Jyske Bank.

Lars Peter Nielsen holds a position as Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for formulating emerging market local currency strategies. Previously he held a similar position in Sydbank where he was part of the successful investment management team responsible for emerging markets fixed income and FX mutual funds. Lars joined Sydbank in 2004, prior to which he was trading and advising institutional investors on emerging markets fixed income at Jyske Bank. Lars holds a BSc in Economics and Business Administration and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Finance).

Christian Mejrup holds a position as Deputy Chief Investment Officer responsible for formulating hard currency and local currency strategies with special focus on frontier countries. Previously he held a position in Sydbank where he was part of the successful investment management team responsible for emerging markets fixed income and FX mutual funds. Christian holds an MSc in Business & Finance.

Michael Hansen is Senior Strategist responsible for formulating the overall trading and hedging strategies at Global Evolution, and is in charge of ongoing emerging market commentary and strategy research. Prior to joining Global Evolution in 2007, Mr. Hansen worked as a strategist for Sydbank Emerging Markets & Structured Credit. Mr. Hansen joined Sydbank in 1994

Kristian Wigh holds a position as Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for formulating hard currency strategies with a main focus on traditional emerging market countries. Previously Kristian has worked as a Research Analyst for Mergermarket (FT Group) and worked for Danske Capital while studying towards his BA. Kristian holds an MSc in Finance and has completed CFA Level I.

Sofus holds a position as Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for formulating hard currency strategies with main focus on traditional emerging market countries. Furthermore he provides general support within the investment management team. Previously Sofus was employed as an Assistant Portfolio Manager at Markedskraft ASA while studying at Aarhus University. Sofus holds an MSc in Finance, supplemented with courses from Harvard.

Edwin Gutierrez is the Head of Emerging Market Sovereign Debt at abrdn. Edwin joined the company via the acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management’s London and Philadelphia fixed income businesses in 2005, where he held the same role since joining Deutsche in 2000. Edwin joined Deutsche Asset Management from Invesco Asset Management where he was an emerging debt portfolio manager. Prior to that, Edwin was a Latin American economist at LGT Asset Management. Edwin has an MS from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and BA in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Brett Diment is the Head of Emerging Markets Debt at abrdn. Brett joined the company via the acquisition of Deutsche Asset Management’s London and Philadelphia fixed income businesses in 2005, where he held the same role since 1999. Brett joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1991 as a graduate and began researching emerging markets in 1995. Brett graduated with a BSc from the London School of Economics.

Mr. Daly is an Investment Director on the EMD team at Aberdeen Standard Investments. Kevin joined Aberdeen Asset Management in 2007 having spent the previous ten years at Standard & Poor’s in London and Singapore. During that time Kevin worked as a Credit Market Analyst covering global emerging debt and was Head of Origination for Global Sovereign Ratings. Kevin was a regular participant on the Global Sovereign Ratings Committee and was one of the initial members of the Emerging Market Council, formed in 2006 to advise senior management on business and market developments in emerging markets.

Siddharth is the Head of Emerging Market Corporate Debt. Sid joined Aberdeen in 2010 and initially worked as a Credit Risk Analyst for the Counterparty Risk team. Previously, Sid worked for four years at ICICI Bank UK PLC in London. He was part of the Treasury Investment team focusing on Indian bond investments. He started his career at ICICI with the Corporate Finance team focusing on cross-border M&A. Sid completed a post-graduate degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow in 2006. Prior to that he completed a Bachelors degree (Hons) in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, India. Sid is a CFA Charterholder.Bachelor's degree (Hons) in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, India. Post-graduate degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Patrick Sporl, is a Senior Portfolio Manager and has served on the Manager’s portfolio management team since 2016. He was previously a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income group at the Manager, where he worked since 1996. Prior to American Beacon, Mr. Sporl worked in the Controller’s Department of American Airlines and as a Staff Auditor for Deloitte & Touche in San Francisco. He has a BS in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific and received his MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1997. Mr. Sporl is an inactive CPA and is a CFA charterholder.

Colin J. Hamer is Associate Portfolio Manager, and has served on the Manager’s portfolio management team since 2018. Mr. Hamer has served on the asset management team since January 2015, is a CFA® charterholder, and has earned the CAIA designation. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Hamer worked at Fidelity Investments in various investment-related roles from 2008 to 2014.

Paul B Cavazos is Chief Investment Officer and joined American Beacon Advisors and has served on the portfolio management team since 2016. Prior to joining American Beacon Advisors, Mr. Cavazos was Chief Investment Officer and Assistant Treasurer of DTE Energy from 2007 to 2016.

Stephen Bailey-Smith holds a position as Senior Economist and Portfolio Manager proving a valuable combination of top-down ideas and bottom-up country analysis to the investment process and portfolio management. Prior to joining Global Evolution in 2016, Stephen had many years of experience analyzing emerging and frontier economies and markets and is recognized as a leading authority on African financial markets, where he has been at the forefront of their rapid development in recent years. Previously Stephen was Head of Research and Strategy for Africa at Standard Bank for almost 10 years. He held previous positions in economics and strategy at ING Bank, independent research house IDEAGlobal and Dun and Bradstreet Ltd.

Anne holds a position as Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for formulating hard currency and local currency strategies with special focus on frontier countries. Furthermore, she provides general support within the investment management team. Most recently Anne was employed as Senior Portfolio Manager at both Nordea and Danske Bank where she was co-managing various emerging and frontier market sovereign debt strategies. Anne holds an MSc in economics from the University of Copenhagen

Anthony is an Investment Manager on the EMD team, where he covers a range of frontier markets including Belarus, Georgia, Egypt and Venezuela. Anthony joined the Aberdeen graduate scheme in 2008, completing placements in different areas of the business including the Pan European equities and Global equities team, before joining the EMD team in 2010. Anthony graduated with a BA (Honours) in Classics from the University of Bristol.