Paul is a Director of Allianz Global Investors Multi Asset US and is Lead Portfolio Manager of the Active Allocation Strategies Team, which he joined in 2005. Paul has investment-industry experience since 1995. He previously worked at Charles Schwab & Co., focusing on research related to asset allocation, portfolio optimization, retirement planning and investment-manager due diligence. Paul has a B.S. in physics, a master’s degree. in philosophy of science, and a master’s degree in engineering economic systems and operations research from Stanford University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Heather Bergman is a portfolio manager and a director with AllianzGI, which she joined in 2011. As a member of the Multi Asset US team, she manages Active Allocation strategies and investment functions around the 529 college savings portfolios. She also focuses on the due diligence efforts into underlying investment strategies in the US for both internal and external managers and actively contributes to the team’s Fundamental research. Heather has 14 years of industry experience. Heather previously taught at the University of California Los Angeles. Before that, she was an analyst at a global hedge fund. Ms. Bergman has a B.A. from Georgetown University, an M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in international political economy from University of California Los Angeles.

Mr. Pappo is CIO US Fixed Income and a managing director with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 2017. As the leader of the US Fixed Income team, his responsibilities include chairing the core strategy team (which sets portfolio risk allocations) and acting as lead portfolio manager for a number of strategies. Mr. Pappo previously worked at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where he was head of the core fixed-income team; earlier at the firm, he led the credit team and the investment grade research team. Before that, Mr. Pappo worked at Fleet Investment Advisors where he managed taxable fixed-income funds and institutional portfolios. He began his career as a corporate bond trader. Mr. Pappo has a B.S. in accounting from Babson College. He is a CFA charterholder.

Mr. Heldmann is a senior portfolio manager, a director and Head of Best Styles North America with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 2007. He is responsible for developing the Best Styles US Equity team while building on its research capabilities. Mr. Heldmann previously managed Best Styles Emerging Markets and Best Styles Europe Equity products. Before joining the firm, Mr. Heldmann worked for the international laboratory CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, as a particle physics researcher. He has a master’s degree in physics from the University of Mainz, Germany, and a Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Germany. Mr. Heldmann is a CFA charterholder.

Claudio Marsala is Head of Multi Asset US and a Director with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 2001. Claudio previously led the quantitative efforts of the firm’s Multi Asset team in Italy, focusing on systematic multi-asset products. Before that, he worked in risk management. Claudio Marsala has worked in the investment-industry since 2001. He has a degree in economics and financial markets from the University of Pisa in Italy, and a master’s degree in quantitative finance from the University of Turin.