Matt Argent

Client Portfolio Manager

Matt Argent is a Client Portfolio Manager on the fixed income team at Janus Henderson Investors. Prior to joining Henderson in 2009, Matt worked for Deloitte as an investment consultant and actuary.

Matt graduated with a BSc degree in economics from the University of Warwick. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and holds the Investment Management Certificate. He has 19 years of financial industry experience.

Jenna Barnard

Co - Head of Strategic Fixed Income

Jenna Barnard is Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2015. She manages and co-manages a range of strategic fixed income strategies and funds meeting different client needs globally. Jenna joined Henderson in 2002 as a credit analyst and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2004. Prior to this, she worked as an investment analyst with Orbitex Investments.

Jenna graduated with a first class BA degree (Hons) in politics, philosophy, and economics from Oxford University. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, is a member of the Society of Technical Analysts, and is an Affiliate Member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. She has 21 years of financial industry experience.

James Briggs

Portfolio Manager

James Briggs is a Corporate Credit Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for the Global Investment Grade, Sterling Investment Grade, Buy and Maintain and UK Cautious Managed strategies. James joined Henderson in 2005 as a credit analyst and was named a portfolio manager in 2010. Prior to this, he was a credit analyst with BlueBay Asset Management and a high-yield analyst with Invesco Asset Management.

James graduated with a BA degree (Hons) in philosophy from University College London. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He has 24 years of financial industry experience.

Jim Cielinski

Global Head of Fixed Income

Jim Cielinski is Global Head of Fixed Income at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2017. He oversees all of the global fixed income products and teams and leads Corporate Credit as well. Previously, Jim was the global head of fixed income for Columbia Threadneedle Investments from 2010. Prior to joining Columbia Threadneedle, he spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as managing director and head of credit. Before that, he was head of fixed income for Utah Retirement Systems, assistant manager of taxable fixed income for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and an equity portfolio manager for First Security Investment Management.

Jim received bachelor of science degrees in management and finance from the University of Utah and an MBA with a concentration in finance from New York University, Stern School of Business. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 39 years of financial industry experience.

Ignacio De La Maza

Head of EMEA Intermediary & Latin America

Ignacio De La Maza is Head of EMEA Intermediary & Latin America at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2019. In this role, he heads the intermediary business across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Before this, he was head of sales, continental Europe & Latin America at the firm from 2017. Ignacio was head of sales, Iberia and Latin America from 2011 and head of sales, Latin America from 2009, both at Henderson Global Investors. Prior to this, he was an institutional sales manager at New Star Asset Management from 2007. He began his career in 2005 as a mutual and hedge fund analyst at M&B Capital Advisers in Spain.

Ignacio received his bachelor of arts degree (Hons) in business studies at the University of San Pablo CEU in Madrid. He has 17 years of financial industry experience.

Thomas Haugaard

Portfolio Manager

Thomas Haugaard is a Portfolio Manager on the Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency (EMD HC) Team at Janus Henderson Investors. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, he was a senior portfolio manager at Danske Bank Asset Management (DBAM) where he contributed toward the launch of the EMD HC strategy and served on the EMD HC team from 2013. Before that, he was a senior economist at Svenska Handelsbanken, responsible for emerging markets research, focusing on China and Latin America from 2006. Earlier, he was an economist at Danmarks Nationalbank (the Danish Central Bank) for two years. Thomas is a member of the University of Copenhagen’s ThinkChina working group on economics and business and has been an external lecturer in economics at the university as well.

Thomas received BSc and MSc degrees in economics from the University of Aarhus, specialising in financial crisis theory, applied international economics and econometrics. He has 18 years of financial industry experience.

Seth Meyer

Portfolio Manager

Seth Meyer is a Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for co-managing the High Yield, Global High Yield, Multi-Sector Credit, Short Duration, and Short Duration High Yield strategies. Seth was promoted to assistant portfolio manager supporting primarily the High Yield and Short Duration High Yield strategies in 2012. He joined Janus in 2004 as a product manager covering a variety of equity and fixed income strategies before becoming a credit analyst. Prior to Janus, he was a consultant relations manager at OppenheimerFunds.

Seth received his bachelor of science degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Colorado. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 24 years of financial industry experience.

Kareena Moledina

Client Portfolio Manager

Kareena Moledina is a Client Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for Corporate Credit and Asset-Backed Securities strategies. Prior to joining Janus Henderson in 2018 as a senior product specialist, Kareena was a senior investment consultant from 2015 with Aon Hewitt, where she was in charge of researching fixed income products and building Aon’s fixed income fund of fund solutions. Before that, Kareena spent six years at BlackRock, most recently as a portfolio manager on the UK fixed income team in London and prior to that as an associate in the portfolio analytics group.

Kareena earned a BSc degree (Hons) in actuarial science from the University of London, CASS Business School. She has 14 years of financial industry experience.

Jacob Nielsen

Client Portfolio Manager

Jacob Ellinge Nielsen is a Portfolio Manager on the Emerging Market Debt Hard Currency (EMD HC) Team at Janus Henderson Investors. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, he was a co-lead portfolio manager on the EMD HC team at Danske Bank Asset Management from 2013. Before that, he was lead emerging markets debt hard and local currency portfolio manager at Sparinvest from 2008. Earlier, he was a fixed income portfolio manager, focusing on Danish mortgage bonds and EUR government bonds at The Danish Pension Funds for Engineers from 2006. Jacob began his career as an assistant analyst on the Danish mortgage and derivative research team at Nordea Markets in 2002.

Jacob holds an MSc degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen. He has 20 years of financial industry experience.

Natasha Page

Director of Fixed Income ESG

Natasha Page is Director of Fixed Income ESG at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she is responsible for leading ESG initiatives within fixed income. Through active membership of the Fixed Income ESG working groups and ESG Fixed Income Discussion Forum, Natasha designs and facilitates the implementation of solutions these groups generate across the Fixed Income team. Additionally, she works closely with portfolio managers, product, and central ESG investment department on designing and incorporating ESG-focused fixed income strategies. Natasha is also leading Fixed Income client response on the ESG front, working alongside the distribution department. Her professional experience includes leading a regional business, debt research, rating agency, and professional services, and consulting work in the financial sector. Prior to joining the firm, Natasha was a senior consultant at Fitch Learning where she focused on business development with financial institutions across Europe for four years. Before that, she spent a year as director at Barclays Capital where she led and expanded emerging Europe debt research. Earlier, she was senior director and head of analytical coverage at Fitch Ratings for six years before becoming managing director, setting up and running the Moscow office for three years. Natasha began her career at PwC in 1990 as a graduate to become manager in the financial services group.

Natasha received a first class bachelor’s degree in international economic relations from Finance University in Moscow. She is a Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a certified professional coach. She has 21 years of financial management experience.

John Pattullo

Co - Head of Strategic Fixed Income

John Pattullo is Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income at Janus Henderson Investors. He manages and co-manages a range of strategic fixed income strategies and funds meeting different client needs globally. John joined Henderson in 1997 as a trainee manager in corporate bonds and was head of the Strategic Fixed Income Team from 2009 until 2015 when he became Co-Head with Jenna Barnard. Prior to Henderson, he spent four years as a chartered accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

John has an MA (Hons) in economics from the University of St Andrews. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (CA) and an associate member of the Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP). He has 29 years of financial industry experience.

Tom Ross, CFA

Global Head of High Yield | Portfolio Manager

Tom Ross is Global Head of High Yield at Janus Henderson Investors, a role he has held since 2022. In this role, Tom is responsible for leading investment strategy and portfolio management of the firm’s high yield franchise. He has been a Portfolio Manager since 2006 and is responsible for co-managing the US, Global, and European High Yield strategies, as well as the Euro Investment Grade Credit strategy since 2022, 2015, 2015 and 2015, respectively. Prior to portfolio management, he specialised in credit trading on Henderson’s centralised dealing desk. He joined Henderson in 2002.

Tom graduated with a BSc degree (Hons) in biology from Nottingham University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 20 years of financial industry experience.

Greg Wilensky

Head of US Fixed Income

Greg Wilensky is Head of US Fixed Income and Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2020. He is responsible for co-managing the Core Plus and Short Duration strategies as well as the fixed income portion of the Balanced strategy, all since 2020. Additionally, he co-manages the Sustainable & Impact Core Bond ETF. Prior to joining the firm, Greg served as senior vice president, director of the US multi-sector fixed income team and held several director and portfolio manager positions that spanned short duration, inflation-protected fixed income, securitised assets and multi-asset strategies at AllianceBernstein from 1996 to 2019. Prior to that, he was a treasury manager – corporate finance at AT&T Corp. from 1993 to 1996.

Greg received his bachelor of science degree in business administration from Washington University, graduating magna cum laude. He also earned an MBA with high honours from the University of Chicago. Greg holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 29 years of financial industry experience.

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