Christopher Cooke is a Portfolio Manager for the Emerging Markets Fixed-Income Team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Mr. Cooke has 10 years experience within the company and has served as the Deputy Portfolio Manager for the Short Duration Emerging Market Bond Fund for the last 3 years. He is responsible for assisting with risk management and portfolio construction of the product. Mr.Cooke received a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Aberystwyth University.

Adrian Hilton is Head of Emerging Market Debt within the Fixed Income team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He joined the company in 2016 as a portfolio manager in the Interest Rates & Currencies team, assuming leadership of the team a year later. He became Head of Emerging Market Debt in 2020. Prior to this, Adrian spent eight years as a portfolio manager at Brevan Howard Asset Management, where he traded emerging markets local rates and currencies. Previously, he worked for Aberdeen Asset Management as a portfolio manger in that firm’s global rates team.