Niklas Nordenfelt is managing director, senior portfolio manager and co-head for the Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) U.S. High Yield Fixed Income team. Niklas joined the team in February 2003 as investment strategist. He began his investment career in 1991 and has managed portfolios ranging from quantitative-based and tactical asset allocation strategies to credit driven portfolios. Previous to joining the firm, Niklas was at Barclays Global Investors (BGI) from 1996-2002 where he was a principal. At BGI, he worked on their international and emerging markets equity strategies after having managed their asset allocation products. Prior to this, Niklas was a quantitative analyst at Fidelity and a portfolio manager and group leader at Mellon Capital Management. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has earned the right to use the CFA designation.

Philip Susser is managing director, senior portfolio manager and co-head for the Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) U.S. High Yield Fixed team. Phil joined the U.S. High Yield Fixed Income team as a senior research analyst in 2001. He has extensive research experience in the cable/satellite, gaming, hotels, restaurants, printing/publishing, telecom, REIT, lodging and distressed sectors. Phil’s investment experience began in 1995 spending three years as a securities lawyer at Cahill Gordon and Shearman & Sterling representing underwriters and issuers of high yield debt. Later, Phil evaluated venture investment opportunities for MediaOne Ventures before joining Deutsche Bank as a research analyst. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in economics, graduated cum laude with a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar.