Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Instl

Michael is the co-head of Global Lead Portfolio Management within the Global Fixed Income GroupLiquidity Management team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM).He is a member of the Fixed Income Strategy. In this role, he is responsible co-leading the global team of portfolio managers that are responsible for overseeing multi-sector portfolios. Previously, Michael was a senior portfolio manager and co-head of the US Fixed Income group. Michael joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. in 2007 as a managing director and head of Structured Products. This role entailed the creation of structured product asset management vehicles across the spectrum of fixed income products and management of opportunistic/alternative portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, from 2005 to 2007, Mr. Swell was a Senior Managing Director in charge of Friedman, Billings & Ramsey’s Fixed Income Sales & Trading division.. Under Michael's guidance, his division was responsible for the underwriting of more than $22 billion of mortgage-related transactions and the trading and hedging of all MBS and ABS products. Prior to joining FBR, Michael was the vice president in charge of Freddie Mac’s Securities Sales and Trading Group, Freddie Mac’s in-house MBS broker dealer. Prior to joining Freddie Mac in 1992, Michael marketed and developed fixed income asset management vehicles at BlackRock Financial Management, a fixed income money management firm. Michael started his career as a corporate analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brothers helping institutions raise debt capital. Michael earned a BA in Politics and Economics from Brandeis University, a General Course Degree from the London School of Economics and an MA in International Economics and Finance from the Lemberg School at Brandeis University.

Mr. Shah is Co-Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income, Global Head of Corporate Credit and Head of the Cross-Sector Strategy within Fixed Income. Mr. Shah joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. in 2018. Mr. Shah was previously at AllianceBernstein from 2010 to 2018, where he was most recently the Head of Fixed Income and Chief Investment Officer of Global Credit. Prior to AB, he was a managing director and head of Global Credit Strategy at Barclays Capital (2008–2010), where he was responsible for the High Grade, High Yield, Structured Credit and Municipal Strategy groups and the Special Situations Research team. From 2003 to 2008, Shah was the head of Credit Strategy at Lehman Brothers, leading the Structured Credit/CDO and Credit Strategy groups and covering the cash bond, credit derivatives and CDO product areas for global credit investors. He holds a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.