Claudia von Waldkirch (BA, CIIA, FRM), Director, is a Senior Portfolio Manager for emerging-market funds and institutional mandates and a member of the Emerging Markets Strategy Group and the Global Credit Strategy Group. Prior to joining Credit Suisse Asset Management, Claudia worked as a senior portfolio manager at Fisch Asset Management, where she managed emerging-market and global high-yield funds and portfolios. Furthermore, she was in charge of credit analysis for Latin American corporate bonds and for macroeconomic analysis of the region. Claudia started her career in the financial industry as an analyst at Zurich Cantonal Bank, where her responsibilities included equity and convertible funds. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance from the University of Applied Sciences Zurich. She is also a CIIA certificate holder and FRM charterholder.