Mr. Ayre is an executive vice president in PIMCO’s financial institutions group in the Newport Beach office, specializing in investment management services for financial institutions. He previously served in PIMCO’s advisory group, focused on risk management and strategic advisory services to public and private institutions. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2012, he was a director in KPMG’s risk consulting practice, performing financial risk advisory services for U.S. financial institutions. He has 23 years of investment and financial services experience and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, a Certified Financial Risk Manager and a Certified Public Accountant in California (inactive). He serves on the board of directors of Goodwill of Orange County and as chair of the investment committee.