Sub-Advisor: Amundi Pioneer Asset Management

Amundi Pioneer is a leading global fixed income manager with a team of dedicated US fixed income specialists, an award winning ESG screening approach and is the sub-advisor to the ETF.

Jon Duensing is a Managing Director, Director of Investment Grade Corporates, and Portfolio Manager at Amundi Pioneer. In this role, Jon leads the Investment Grade Corporates team. Based in Durham, he is responsible for managing corporate credit and multi-sector credit fixed income strategies.

Prior to joining Amundi Pioneer in 1996, Jon was the Credit Officer for a member bank of Old National Bancorp. Jon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, graduating with distinction and departmental honors. He became a CFA® charterholder in 1999.

Brad Komenda is Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager, based in Boston.  He specializes in high grade and crossover analysis covering cash bond and CDS investments across Amundi Pioneer’s fixed income portfolios.

Brad has been in the investment industry since 1993. Prior to joining Amundi Pioneer in 2008, Brad spent ten years as an Investment Grade and High Yield Analyst at Columbia Management.  He began his career with General Electric Capital and Assurance as an investment grade and high yield research associate where he worked for five years.  He holds a BA in Accounting and Business Administration from Central Washington University (1991). He is a CFA® charterholder.

Scott Barnard is a Vice President, Associate Portfolio Manager and member of the Investment Grade Corporates team at Amundi Pioneer. Based in Boston, he specializes in evaluating and trading corporate credit opportunities. Scott also worked with Amundi Pioneer’s Risk Management Group and helped develop and refine the firm’s risk management and performance attribution models.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science with an emphasis in Finance from the Leeds School ofBusiness at the University of Colorado, where he was named to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. He is a CFA® charterholder.

Jonathan Scott is a Vice President, Portfolio Manager and a member of the Multi-Sector Fixed Income team in Boston. His responsibilities include duration hedging, managing Agency MBS exposure, and assisting with the US fixed income team’s Investment Grade Credit strategies. Jonathan is also a Portfolio Manager on a US TIPS strategy. Previously, Jonathan was an Investment Associate where he supported portfolio construction and traded Investment Grade Corporate bonds.

Prior to joining the Fixed Income team in 2012, he was a Risk Analyst in Amundi Pioneer’s Investment Risk Management Team where he implemented the Barclay’s POINT system across all fixed income funds. Previously, he worked in Amundi Pioneer’s Fund Accounting Department as a fund accountant for Amundi Pioneer’s US RIC funds. Jonathan holds a B.A. in Economics and East Asian Studies with a concentration in Chinese from Colby College. He is a CFA® charterholder.