Ms. Simmer is a senior vice president and equity trader in the New York office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2010, she was a trader focusing on equities, foreign exchange and preferred securities for Deutsche Bank Asset Management. Previously, Ms. Simmer was a foreign exchange trading associate at ABN AMRO. She has 11 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and undergraduate degrees in finance and economics as well as an international business certificate from the University of Iowa.