Ashok K. Bhatia, CFA, Managing Director, joined the firm in 2017. Ashok is Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Fixed Income, and a member of Neuberger Berman's Partnership and Asset Allocation Committees and Fixed Income's Investment Strategy Committee. Before joining the firm, Ashok held senior investment and leadership positions in several asset management firms and hedge funds, including Wells Fargo Asset Management, Balyasny Asset Management and Stark Investments, and had investment responsibilities across global fixed income and currency markets. Ashok began his career in 1993 as an investment analyst at Morgan Stanley. He received a BA with high honors in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago and has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.