Mr. Pitters is an executive vice president in the New York office and head of the U.S. nonprofit and private family capital team. He was previously head of the internal sales group for institutional clients. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, he was a director at Credit Suisse, where he held various portfolio management positions in fixed income and gained experience across the credit markets, working directly with institutional clients. Mr. Pitters previously worked in global fixed income derivatives at UBS and held associate positions at JP Morgan in emerging markets fixed income and at Goldman Sachs in currency and commodities. He has 19 years of investment experience and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He received his undergraduate degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and is a member of the Board of Regents at Georgetown.