Chow is a member of the taxable fixed income portfolio management team. His experience includes significant exposure to asset liability management strategies and credit risk opportunities. Prior to joining Delaware 2001, he was a trader of high grade and high yield securities, and was involved in the portfolio management of CBOs and insurance portfolios at SunAmerica from 1997 to 2001. Before that, he was an analyst, trader, and portfolio manager at Conseco Capital Management from 1989 to 1997.

Paul A. Matlack, CFA Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income Strategist Paul A. Matlack is a strategist and senior portfolio manager for the firm’s fixed income team. Matlack rejoined the firm in May 2010. During his previous time at Delaware Investments, from September 1989 to October 2000, he was senior credit analyst, senior portfolio manager, and left the firm as co-head of the high yield group. Most recently, he worked at Chartwell Investment Partners from September 2003 to April 2010 as senior portfolio manager in fixed income, where he managed core, core plus, and high yield strategies. Prior to that, Matlack held senior roles at Turner Investment Partners, PNC Bank, and Mellon Bank. He earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with a concentration in finance from George Washington University.

John P. McCarthy is a senior research analyst on the firm’s taxable fixed income team, responsible for industrials, autos, auto parts, metals, and mining. He rejoined Delaware Investments in March 2007 after he worked in the firm’s fixed income area from 1990 to 2000 as a senior high yield analyst and high yield trader, and from 2001 to 2002 as a municipal bond trader. Most recently, he was a senior high yield analyst/trader at Chartwell Investment Partners. McCarthy earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Babson College, and he is a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.

Christopher M. Testa, CFA, Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, joined Delaware Investments in January 2014 as a senior portfolio manager in the firm’s corporate credit portfolio management group. Mr. Testa previously was with S Goldman Asset Management, where, as PM and Head of Credit, he managed a hedge fund and a large separate account. Prior to joining S Goldman in July 2009, Mr. Testa worked as a Managing Director for Drake Management from 2001 to 2009, and served as a Portfolio Manager and Head of US Credit for Drake’s three hedge funds and its separate account platform. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Testa was Head of Credit Research and a High Yield Portfolio Manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Previously, Mr. Testa worked as a Vice President of Credit Research at CS First Boston and Financial Analyst at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Mr. Testa has nearly 20 years of portfolio management experience and received a B.A. from Hamilton College (Economics) and an M.B.A. in Finance with a concentration in investments from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Craig C. Dembek is a senior research analyst on the firm’s taxable fixed income team with primary responsibility for banks, brokers, insurance companies, and real estate investment trusts (REITs), as well as oversight for other sectors. He rejoined the firm in March 2007. During his previous time at Delaware Investments, from April 1999 to January 2001, he was a senior investment grade credit analyst. Most recently, he spent four years at Chartwell Investment Partners as a senior fixed income analyst and Turner Investment Partners as a senior fixed income analyst and portfolio manager. Dembek also spent two years at Stein, Roe & Farnham as a senior fixed income analyst. Earlier in his career, he worked for two years as a lead bank analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Dembek earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Michigan State University and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Vermont.