Gene Tannuzzo is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Deputy Global Head of Fixed Income at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He is involved in the management and oversight of the firm’s fixed income business in North America and EMEA. He joined Columbia Threadneedle Investments in 2003 and moved into the role of portfolio manager in 2007. In this role, he leads the fixed-income asset allocation committee and serves as lead portfolio manager for the Strategic Income and Income Builder strategies. He is also a member of the portfolio management team for Core and Core Plus strategies and institutional portfolios. Prior to this, he was a member of the municipal bond team. Mr. Tannuzzo received a BSB. and MBA from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management. In addition, he holds Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Alex Christensen is an associate portfolio manager with the Multi-Sector team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Previously he was an associate analyst on the Global Rates and Currency team with responsibilities for supporting investment strategies with macro research and idea generation. Prior to joining one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments firms in 2015, Mr. Christensen was an economics and finance editor at Global Risk Insights, a London-based global publication that provides political risk analysis for investors and corporations, and an equity research analyst at Craig-Hallum Capital Group, covering the consumer discretionary sector. He has been a member of the investment community since 2014. Mr. Christensen holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.