Active Fixed Income Division

  Prior to taking on his present role, he was President & CEO and Head of the Active Fixed Income division.  During his career progression at Standish, he has been responsible for product development and had line management responsibility for Investment Operations, Technology, Risk Management, Trading, Finance, Structured Products and Global Workout Solutions.

Prior to joining Standish, Des served as the Chief Operating Officer at Pareto Partners. Des has over 23 years of related industry experience, including the positions of CFO and Treasurer of GM Asset Management in New York and CFO at Asset International in Greenwich, CT. He has also worked as Managing Director and Head of European Pension Strategies for Deutsche Asset Management. His early career was spent working with the Frank Russell Company and the London Stock Exchange.

Des has an MPhil in Management Studies from the University of Exeter, where he also served as an Honorary Research Fellow, and a BA from University College Dublin.

David joined Standish in 1995 as a portfolio manager and analyst for US domestic fixed income, moving from structured finance to global strategies in 1999. Prior to joining Standish, David spent seven years as an Investment Officer at State Street. He has an M.B.A. from Boston University and a B.S. from the University of Rhode Island. David holds the CFA® designation and has 26 years of investment experience. David's activities with not-for-profit organizations include serving as senior representative for BNY Mellon Trust Company in its role as Corporate Trustee of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Trust.  

Michael is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and holds a Financial Risk Manager certification. He has a Masters in Financial Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. Michael has an M.S.F. from Northeastern University and a B.S. from the University of Maine, holds the CFA® designation and has 14 years of investment experience.

He joined Standish from State Street Research, where he was a Vice President and Consultant Relations Manager. Previously, Chris served as a manager research consultant at Mercer. Chris has a B.A. in Economics from Lake Forest College. Chris is a member of the CFA Institute, the Boston Security Analysts Society, and holds the CFA® designation. Chris is a former Board member of the Association of Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE) and has 17 years of investment experience. He holds the Series 24, 7 and 63 securities licenses.

Before joining Standish, he worked at The Boston Company Asset Management (TBCAM) as a high-yield research analyst. Andy also served as vice president and manager of strategic planning and business development for Mellon Institutional Asset Management. Prior to TBCAM, he worked at Liberty Mutual in various strategic planning and finance functions and Bank of New England and Shawmut National as a corporate lending officer. He has an M.B.A. from Suffolk University, an M.S.F. from Boston College, and a B.S. from Bentley University. Andy holds the CFA® designation and has 26 years of industry experience.

As a senior member of the Tax sensitive team, Tony was instrumental in developing and implementing investment strategy. Prior to joining Standish, Tony worked for Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, where he led the Treasury and Investment Division. Tony has an M.S.F. from Fairfield University and a B.S. from Quinnipiac University. He is an active member in alumni affairs for Quinnipiac University and is a member of the Boston and Hartford Security Analysts Societies, holds the CFA® designation and has 28 years of investment experience.

In addition, Tom leads Standish's Global Workout Solutions business, a fiduciary advisor service for institutions holding distressed and illiquid assets. Tom joined Standish in 2008 from Gulf Stream Structured Advisors, where he was a partner and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Gulf Stream in 2006, Tom was Director of Securitized Products and Senior Portfolio Manager for Wachovia Corporation. At Wachovia Tom actively managed over $16 billion of non-agency securitized investments that were part of total return and interest rate risk management strategies. Prior to joining Wachovia in 1992, Tom was a certified public accountant for both Price Waterhouse and KPMG. Tom holds a B.S. degree, cum laude, from The University of Akron. He has 24 years of combined finance and investment management experience

David also serves as the head of Standish's Fiduciary Committee and is a senior member of the firm's Counterparty Committee. Prior to being promoted to Deputy CIO in September 2008, he spent 11 years as the firm's Head of Active Fixed Income Trading. He has broad experience trading investment grade corporates, high yield corporates, emerging markets debt, liquid products (i.e., Treasuries, agencies, TIPS), structured products (i.e., ABS, CMBS), derivatives (i.e., swaps, futures, forwards, options), and global/non-US securities. He joined the firm in 1989 and has spent his entire 24-year career with Standish. David has an M.B.A. from Boston College, a B.A. from St. Lawrence University and holds the CFA® designation.

Amy is an active member of the Senior Management Committee, Operating Group and the firm's Counterparty commitee. Prior to this, she was a senior credit trader and has broad experience across the investment grade and high yield markets.  She joined the firm in 2004 from Columbia Management Group where she was an investment grade bond trader. Amy has a B.A. from the College of Holy Cross, holds the CFA® designation and has 15 years of investment experience.

Prior to that, he was Emerging Market Sovereign Analyst at Citibank in New York. Alexander received an Honors Diploma from Moscow State Institute for International Relations. He has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Illinois and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. He holds the CFA® designation and has 16 years of investment experience. Alexander's research on emerging market debt and other areas of fixed income has been published in the leading finance journals, including The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Fixed Income, and The Journal of Investing.

Prior to that, Patrick worked for Davis Hamilton Jackson & Associates where he was a Portfolio Manager and Director of Fixed Income Investments. Previously, Patrick was a Trust Officer with Texas Commerce Bank and started his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young. He has an M.B.A. and Master of Accounting from Rice University and a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Knox College. He also holds the CFA® designation, and has 22 years of investment experience.

Alex has oversight responsibility for all aspects of Global Business Development and Product Strategy within Standish's Active Fixed Income division. He works closely with the investment teams within Standish and with the various distribution entities within BNY Mellon to promote Standish’s fixed income investment strategies and propose solutions to US and non-US clients. Alex joined Standish in 2004 from Pareto Partners in London where he held the position of Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Pareto's Europe and Middle East clients since 1997. Prior to joining Pareto, he was Vice President and Head of Product Management at Bankers Trust Company in London and New York for five years. Alex has 27 years of experience in financial markets. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment in the UK and received his Diploma in Accountancy from City of London University. He holds FINRA Series 7 & 63 licenses.

 Raman joined Standish in 2012 from Putnam Investments where he was Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for global fixed income, multi-sector fixed income and absolute return strategies.   Raman earned a Masters of Science in Computational Finance degree at Carnegie Mellon University and Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.  Raman holds the CFA® designation and has over 16 years of investment experience.  In 2008, Raman was named one of the top 20 rising stars of fixed income by Institutional Investor magazine.