Mr. Bond is a Co-Portfolio Manager for the Concentrated Core investment strategy, including the TCW Select Equities Fund. Previously, he was a Senior Analyst for the strategy with generalist research responsibilities. Prior to joining the Concentrated Core group in 2009, he was a Senior Equity Analyst on the Equity Research team covering the financial services sector. He first joined TCW in 2003 as part of the firm’s Summer Associate Program. He rejoined the firm full-time in 2004 after completing his MBA in Finance and Accounting from the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he was a Student Investment Fund Fellow and Edward W. Carter Fellow. Prior to business school, he worked as a consultant in Accenture’s Electronics and High-Tech Practice. Mr. Bond graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brigham Young University with a BA in Marketing Communications and minors in Business Management and Japanese. He is a CFA charterholder.

Brian is a Global European Loan Portfolio Manager on the Global Credit team. He joined MacKay Shields Europe in 2018 as a portfolio manager and team Co-Head. Previously he was a Portfolio Manager for KKR’s Credit European leveraged credit team with involvement in the CLO and Opportunistic strategies and was a member of KKR‘s Credit European Leveraged Credit Committee.  Prior to Avoca Capital’s acquisition by KKR in 2014, Mr. McNamara was a Director carrying out a range of roles since joining Avoca Capital in 2006. He was the group financial controller with UDG Healthcare, a leading Irish plc. He was also a senior manager in KPMG audit and assurance practice. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Brian received a B.B.S. in Business Studies & French from the University of Limerick, with a major in Accounting and Finance, and an M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from University College Dublin and has been in the industry since 1998.