Ben Emons is Managing Director, Global Macro Strategy at Medley Global Advisors. Prior, he was the Chief Economist and Head of Credit Portfolio Management at Intellectus Partners. From 2008 to 2015 he was a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager in the global portfolio management group at Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco), Newport Beach, California. He also served in other roles such as portfolio manager at Nuveen Investments and Senior Derivatives Trading at Abn Amro Bank N.V. in London and Amsterdam. He has 23 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and a master's degree in international finance from the University of Amsterdam.