Thanos Bardas, PhD, Managing Director, joined the firm in 1998. Thanos is the Head of Global Rates and serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager on Global Investment Grade and Multi-Sector Fixed income strategies. He sits on the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee and Fixed Income’s Investment Strategy Committee, and is a member of the Fixed Income Multi-Sector Group. Thanos also leads the Global Rates team in determining rates exposure across various portfolio strategies and oversees both inflation and LDI investments. Thanos graduated with honors from Aristotle University, Greece, earned his MS from the University of Crete, Greece, and holdsa PhD in Theoretical Physics from State University of New York at Stony Brook. He holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 licenses.

David M. Brown, CFA, Managing Director, rejoined Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (“NBIA”) in 2003. Dave is Global Co-Head of Investment Grade and acts as Senior Portfolio Manager on both Global Investment Grade and Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies. He is a member of the Fixed Income Investment Strategy Committee and the Fixed Income Multi-Sector Group. Mr. Brown also leads the Investment Grade Credit team in determining credit exposures across both Global Investment Grade and Multi-Sector Fixed Income strategies. Mr. Brown initially joined NBIA in 1991 after graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Government and subsequently received his MBA in Finance from Northwestern University. Prior to his return, he was a senior credit analyst at Zurich Scudder Investments and later a credit analyst and portfolio manager at Deerfield Capital. Mr. Brown has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Ashok Bhatia, CFA, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2017. Ashok is Co-Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income, co-Head of Multi-Sector Fixed Income, and a member of Neuberger Berman's Partnership and Asset Allocation Committees and Fixed Income's Investment Strategy Committee. Previously, Ashok has held senior investment and leadership positions in several asset management firms and hedge funds, including Wells Fargo Asset Management, Balyasny Asset Management and Stark Investments. Ashok has had investment responsibilities across global fixed income and currency markets. Ashok began his career in 1993 as an investment analyst at Morgan Stanley. Ashok received a BA with high honors in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago. He has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation

Robert Dishner, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2019. Robert is a Co-Manager on Global Bond Portfolios as well as a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Multi Sector Fixed Income team. Prior to joining the firm, Robert was a Portfolio Manager at Balyasny Asset Management, focused on cross-asset macro investing including Emerging and Developed Market Rates, Credit, Equity and FX. From 2003 to 2010, Robert worked at Stark Investments where he was a Principal of the firm, and held various roles including Co-Head Distressed Trading, Head Equity Long/Short for Europe and the Americas and Co-Head Emerging Markets. Previously, Robert worked at UBS Warburg as a HY Healthcare Analyst as well as in their distressed advisory business, Chilmark Partners (Zell/Chilmark Fund), a distressed buyout and advisory firm and started his career at GE Capital in 1991 in their Corporate Finance Group. Robert holds a BSB from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.

Tom Sobanski, CFA, is a Senior Vice President of the Manager. Mr. Sobanski joined the firm in 2015 and is a member of the portfolio management team for the firm’s multi-sector fixed income strategies. Mr. Sobanski has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2024.