Mr. Gupta is a managing director in the Newport Beach office, global portfolio manager and head of the global desk. He is a member of the Asia-Pacific Portfolio Committee, currently rotating on the Investment Committee and has served on the Emerging Markets Portfolio Committee. Previously, he was in PIMCO's London office managing European liability driven investment (LDI) portfolios and served on the European Portfolio Committee. Before that, he was part of PIMCO’s global portfolio management team in the Singapore office. In these roles, he focused on investments in government bonds, foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives across global markets. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2003, he was in the fixed income and currency derivatives group at ABN AMRO Bank. He has 23 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from XLRI, India. He received an undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is a director of The Global Foodbanking Network, an international nonprofit that is working towards a hunger-free future in more than 30 countries.