Andreas Fischer (MSc, CFA), Director, is Head of Fixed Income Emerging Markets, a member of the Fixed Income Investment Committee and Chairman of the Emerging Market Strategy Group. Prior to joining Credit Suisse Asset Management in 2012, he was responsible for hedging and overlay strategies as well as asset allocation monitoring at Clariden Leu Asset Management in Zurich. Furthermore, as the portfolio co-manager, Andreas was in charge of the Clariden Leu Core Plus funds. He started his career at Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank before taking up a position as a portfolio manager at Bank J. Safra Sarasin. Additionally, he worked in London for London & Capital Asset Management from 2006 to 2011, managing absolute-return strategies including emerging-market bonds. Andreas holds a master’s degree in Finance from Birkbeck University of London and is a CFA charterholder.

Thomas Odermatt (BA, MSc), Assistant Vice President, is a Portfolio Manager and Credit Analyst for emerging markets. He is also a member of the Emerging Markets Strategy Group. Before joining Credit Suisse Asset Management in 2018, he was a consultant at Finyon in Zurich, where he was involved in projects related to banks, insurance companies, and leasing companies, and worked as an analyst for the start-up Avrios. Prior to that, during his studies, he worked as an intern at Prelios in Milan and for BancaStato, a regional bank in southern Switzerland. Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Lugano, a master’s degree in Finance from the University of Lausanne (HEC), and completed a finance course at the London School of Economics (LSE). As part of his study program, he did an exchange semester at Bocconi University in Milan.