A bit about the moderator:

Kathleen Hays
Bloomberg Media's Global Economics and Policy Editor

Kathleen Hays is one of the top economics reporters and anchors in the country, having covered the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve, and global economy trends for nearly 30 years on television and radio, and in the print and electronic media. Kathleen is Bloomberg
Media’s Global Economics and Policy Editor, appearing on Bloomberg TV and Radio to cover the global economy and global central banks, and the policymakers who run them,
distilling down the latest news headlines and trends that drive global financial markets. She attended Stanford University where she earned her B.A. and M.A. in Economics. She is a past officer of the Money Marketeers of NYU.

A bit about our speakers:

THOMAS J. LEE, CFA
CO-FOUNDER AND HEAD OF RESEARCH
FUNDSTRAT

Thomas Lee is a co-founder, managing partner, and the head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors and FSInsight.com. He is an accomplished Wall Street strategist with over 25 years of experience in equity research and has been top-ranked by Institutional Investor every year since 1998. Prior to co-founding Fundstrat, he served most recently as JP Morgan's chief equity strategist from 2007 to 2014, and previously, as managing director at Salomon Smith Barney. His areas of expertise include market strategy, small/mid-cap strategy, and telecom services. Mr.
Lee received his BSE from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in finance and accounting. He is a CFA charterholder and is an active member of NYSSA and the NY Economic Club.

BEN INKER, CFA
CO-HEAD OF ASSET ALLOCATION
GMO

Mr. Inker is co-head of GMO’s Asset Allocation team and a member of the GMO Board of Directors. He joined GMO in 1992 following the completion of his B.A. in Economics from Yale University. In his years at GMO, Mr. Inker has served as an analyst for the Quantitative Equity and Asset
Allocation teams, as a portfolio manager of several equity and asset allocation portfolios, as co-head of International Quantitative Equities, and as CIO of Quantitative Developed Equities. He is a CFA charterholder.

SONAL DESAI, PH.D.
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON FIXED INCOME

Sonal Desai, Ph.D. is the executive vice president and chief investment officer for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. Dr. Desai is responsible for overseeing Franklin's Municipal, Corporate Credit, Floating Rate, Multisector, Global (including Emerging Markets), and Money Market Fixed
Income teams. She is also a portfolio manager for a number of strategies, including Core Plus, Strategic Income, Total Return, Low Duration, Global Absolute Return, and Global Aggregate Fixed Income. Dr. Desai holds a bachelor of arts in economics from Delhi University and a Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University. She was part of the Templeton Global Bond Fund portfolio
management team named Morningstar's Fixed Income Manager of the Year in Canada in 2013.