Mr. Thimons is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, focusing on interest rate derivatives. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2010, he was a managing director for the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he managed an interest rate proprietary trading group in Chicago. Previously, he was a senior vice president in portfolio management for Citadel Investment Group, focusing on interest rate and volatility trading. Prior to this, he was a director for Merrill Lynch Capital Services, managing an over-the-counter interest rate options market making desk. He has 19 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.