| Fund Inception | 10/29/2008 |
| Name of Issuer | PIMCO |
| Fund Advisor(s) | Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC |
| Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for PGAPX
Emmanuel Sharef
Portfolio Manager since 12/11/2019
Dr. Sharef is an executive vice president and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office. He is a member of the Americas Portfolio Committee and has served as a rotating member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, he worked in the mortgage credit strategists group at Morgan Stanley. He has over 11 years of investment and financial services experience and holds a Ph.D. in operations research from Cornell University, specializing in statistics and biometrics. He received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University.
Paul-James White
Portfolio Manager since 04/16/2026
Executive Vice President, PIMCO. Mr. White is a portfolio manager on the quantitative portfolio management team in the Newport Beach office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2021, he worked at Man AHL, where he was head of portfolio management and co-portfolio manager of Man AHL’s flagship multi-strategy program. He joined Man AHL in 2014 to develop medium-frequency cash equity strategies. Prior to Man AHL, Mr. White was a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, as well as the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, where he specialized in number theory research. He has served as a member of the investment committee of All Souls College, Oxford. He has investment experience since 2014 and holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Paris, a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge, and a bachelor’s degree awarded with the University Medal from the University of Wollongong.
Usman Ali
Portfolio Manager since 04/16/2026
Dr. Ali is an executive vice president in the Newport Beach office, focused on quantitative equity research and portfolio management. He also leads the quantitative equity research team. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2020, he was a portfolio manager at MIG Capital, responsible for managing and developing global quantitative equity strategies. His research papers have been published in the Journal of Financial Economics and have earned the 2018 and 2019 AQR Insight Award, CQA Academic Paper Award, and Crowell Memorial Prize. He has investment experience since 2009 and holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.
Brendon Shvetz
Portfolio Manager since 04/16/2026
PIMCO's Newport Beach office, responsible for asset allocation portfolios, including target date funds, model portfolios, and global multi-asset strategies. He is also involved in the management of the firm's macro-focused hedge fund. Previously, he focused on developed and emerging market rates, foreign exchange, and short duration assets. He has served as a rotating member of the firm's Investment Committee and Americas portfolio committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2009, he worked in foreign policy, serving at the U.S. State Department on the Secretary of State's staff and in the department's 24-hour command center. Before that, he was an aide in Congress. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
