Executive Vice President, PIMCO. Mr. Rennison is a member of the quantitative portfolio management group, focusing on multi-asset class systematic strategies. Mr. Rennison was a senior vice president in the quantitative portfolio management group in the Newport Beach office, focusing on multi-asset-class systematic strategies. He was previously a member of the client analytics group, advising clients on strategic asset allocation. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, Mr. Rennison was a director and head of systematic strategies research at Barclays Capital in New York and also spent five years at Lehman Brothers, researching and publishing widely on quantitative strategies in the credit markets . He has 15 years of investment experience and holds master's and undergraduate degrees in mathematics from Cambridge University, England.

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.

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.