Mr. Gahagan, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, joined American Century Investments in 1983.  He became a portfolio manager in 1991. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

Platz is vice president and a senior portfolio manager with American Century, his employer since October 2003. Prior to joining American Century, Platz was a vice president, senior portfolio manager for Standish Mellon Asset Management, formerly Certus Asset Advisors, since August 1995. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and political economies of industrial societies from the University of California – Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He is a CFA charterholder.

Mr. Van Gelderen is a Specialist Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income group and is Co-Head of Global Securitized. Most recently, he was Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Securitized Markets at American Century Investments, where he was responsible for all Core, Core Plus, Income and Government mortgage funds and ETFs. Within Securitized Markets, he oversaw a broad range of products across credit sub-sectors. Previously, Mr. Van Gelderen was Co-Head of Guggenheim Partners’ $38 billion Structured Credit investment desk for eight years, where he guided investment strategy and oversaw investment sourcing, analysis, and trade execution. Prior to that, he also served as a Senior Trader and Portfolio Manager for Structured Products at Stark Investments and Vice President of Whole Loan Transaction Management at Countrywide Securities Corporation. He started his career with Thelen Reid & Priest LLP where he was an Associate for the Business and Finance Department. Mr. Van Gelderen holds a BA in English from Duke University and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

Mr. Manning, Portfolio Manager, has served on teams managing fixed-income investments since joining the advisor in 2019. Prior to joining American Century Investments, Mr. Manning was most recently a senior analyst at Janus Henderson Investors from 2015 to 2019. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Boston College. He is a CFA charterholder.

Michael Waggaman is an Investment Manager on the North American Fixed Income team. Michael joined Aberdeen in May 2013 following the acquisition of Artio Global Management. From 2006-2013, he held a similar role with Artio Global Management’s Fixed Income Group. Prior to that, he was a Fixed Income Analyst at General Re – New England Asset Management. Michael graduated with a BA from the University of Chicago.