Aaditya Thakur, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Australian and Global

Mr. Thakur is a senior vice president and portfolio manager in the Sydney office, focusing on Australian dollar and global portfolios. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2013, he was with AMP Capital Investors as a portfolio manager within the fixed income macro markets team. He has 15 years of investment experience and holds a master's degree in commerce (finance) from the University of New South Wales and an undergraduate degree from the University of Wollongong. He is also a CFA charterholder.

John Valtwies

Mr. Valtwies is a senior vice president in the Global Wealth Management team, and Head of Family Capital, Australia in the Sydney office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2012, he was a senior research analyst at Morningstar. Previously, he held a range of investment analyst roles at Skandia, Close Wealth Management (London) and Goldman Sachs. He has 22 years of investment experience and holds a certificate in financial markets from FINSIA. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Sydney.

Kyle McCarthy, CFA

Mr. McCarthy is a senior vice president and alternative credit strategist in the Singapore office, covering credit alternatives and real estate strategies. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, he was a senior financial analyst at Bank of America, supporting a long/short leveraged loan trading desk. Additionally, he worked as an analyst on Bank of America’s internal pension plan and retirement team, overseeing the assets held in both the defined benefit and defined contribution plans offered to internal employees.
He has 15 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from the State University of New York at Geneseo.