Mr. Mather is CIO U.S. Core Strategies and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. He is a member of the Investment Committee and a generalist portfolio manager. Previously, he oversaw the firm's sustainable investment activities, and earlier, he led global portfolio management. Before that, he led portfolio management in Europe, managed euro and pan-European portfolios, and worked closely with many Allianz-related companies. He also served as a managing director of Allianz Global Investors KAG. Prior to these roles, Mr. Mather co-headed PIMCO's mortgage- and asset-backed securities team. Prior to joining PIMCO in 1998, he was a fixed income trader specializing in mortgage-backed securities at Goldman Sachs in New York. He has 28 years of investment experience and holds a master's degree in engineering, as well as undergraduate degrees, from the University of Pennsylvania.