Joshua Kutin is a senior portfolio manager for the Global Asset Allocation team and Head of Asset Allocation, North America at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, with a focus on global asset allocation and alternatives. Prior to joining Columbia Threadneedle in 2015, Mr. Kutin worked at Putnam Investments as a portfolio manager on the Global Asset Allocation Team. He has been a member of the investment community since 1998. Mr. Kutin received a B.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an M.S. in finance from Princeton University. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Alex Wilkinson is a senior portfolio manager for the Global Asset Allocation team at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Mr. Wilkinson joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments firms in 2006 and has been a member of the investment community since then. Prior to joining the Global Asset Allocation team he held positions as a senior analyst on the Performance Measurement Team, and as an intermediate analyst with the Quantitative Strategies Group. Mr. Wilkinson received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations.