Mr. Ahmedov is an executive vice president and product strategist in the London office, responsible for multi-sector fixed income and real return strategies. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2010, he was with Barclays Capital in London for eight years, most recently as vice president and product manager for inflation-linked and fixed income index derivatives. Prior to that, Mr. Ahmedov worked in the index product research group specializing in fixed income and multi-asset strategy indices. He has 18 years of investment experience and holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Lancaster in the U.K.