Mr. Thombre is a portfolio manager specializing in multi-sector credit, high yield, bank loan, and emerging market corporate debt. He joined the Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2007.

Managing Director, Head of Global Corporate Credit Ben is head of the Global Corporate Credit Portfolio Management team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). He joined Goldman Sachs in GSAM 1998. Ben was named managing director in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, Ben worked for three years at the Prudential Insurance Company of America, where he invested in private placement debt securities. Ben earned a BA in Economics from Brigham Young University in 1993 and an MBA from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1998. He is a CFA charterholder.

Mr. McClain joined the Investment Adviser in 2025. He is Co-Head of the Leveraged Credit team. Before joining the Investment Adviser, Mr. McClain led the Corporate Credit, High Yield and Global High Yield strategies at Brandywine Global Investment Management. Prior to that, he led Below Investment Grade strategies at Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc.

Alexandre Karam is a portfolio manager in the High Income division at Fidelity Investments. Fidelity Investments is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and other financial products and services to more than 26 million individuals, institutions, and financial intermediaries.