Sonali Pier

Ms. Pier is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, focusing on high yield and multi-sector credit opportunities. She is a member of the diversified income, high yield, and crossover teams, and she has served as a rotating member on the firm's Investment Committee and Americas portfolio committee. Morningstar named her winner of the 2021 U.S. Morningstar Award for Investing Excellence in the Rising Talent category. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2013, she was a senior credit trader at J.P. Morgan, trading cash, recovery, and credit default swaps across various sectors. She has 19 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton University.