Ash Shetty

Ash Shetty, CFA has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning various roles and industries. Starting in 2007, they gained experience as an Operations Intern at Toyota and as a Design Engineering Intern at Hyundai in 2008. From 2009 to 2013, Ash worked as a Project Engineer and Team Lead at ONGC - Project MARC, where they oversaw the establishment of India's largest single-stream aromatic plant. During this time, they successfully addressed complex engineering challenges, managed financial constraints, and nurtured high-performance teams.

In 2014, Ash joined Citigroup as an MBA Summer Associate, followed by a role as a Fixed Income Securities Graduate Teaching Assistant at UB School of Management, SUNY Buffalo. From 2015 to 2017, they worked at Citi as an Associate - Fixed Income Analytics, specializing in YieldBook. In 2017, Ash joined Nomura as a Fixed Income Strategist, a role they served until 2019.

Their most recent position is with PineBridge Investments, where they initially served as Vice President, Investment Specialist/Portfolio Strategist from 2019 to 2023. Currently, they hold the position of Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and Risk Strategist at the company.

Ash Shetty, CFA has a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree from Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology, which they obtained in 2009. In 2013, they completed a Certification Course in Piping Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Ash then pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance and Consulting from the University at Buffalo, which they completed in 2015. In 2018, they attended Columbia University for Applied Data Science under the Columbia Engineering Executive Education program. As for additional certifications, Ash obtained the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute in 2023. Ash also holds certifications such as Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) from Bloomberg LP in 2016, Series 63 and Series 7 from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2016 and 2015 respectively, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute in 2014.