Kirstie Spence is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. She also serves on the Capital Group Management Committee. She has 28 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in her career at Capital, Kirstie was a fixed income investment analyst and her coverage included sovereign debt in emerging markets with a focus on Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, as well as European telecommunications as a credit analyst.

Luis Freitas De Oliveira is a partner and a portfolio manager at Capital Group. In addition to his investment responsibilities, he chairs the firm’s Swiss subsidiary, Capital International Sàrl, and its Luxembourg-domiciled mutual funds. He has 37 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 32 years. Before joining Capital, he was a corporate banker for Citibank N.A. in Brazil. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Luis is based in Geneva.

Robert Burgess is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 36 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 10 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as a fixed income investment analyst, he had research responsibility for emerging market debt. Prior to joining Capital, Robert worked as chief economist for emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Deutsche Bank. Before that, he was an economist at the International Monetary Fund and HM Treasury. He holds a master's degree in economics from the University of London and a bachelor's degree in politics and economics from Oxford University. Robert is based in London.