Charles Roth is global markets editor for Thornburg Investment Management. Prior to joining Thornburg in 2013, Charles was an assistant managing editor at Dow Jones Newswires, the Wall Street Journal’s real-time financial news and analysis division, where he oversaw its bureaus in Latin America as well as the New York–based emerging markets group. He had previously served as a senior writer in the emerging markets group, bureau chief in Venezuela, and staff reporter in Malaysia.

Charles earned BA degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MA from the Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali.

Danan Kirby is a portfolio specialist for Thornburg Investment Management. He works with Thornburg’s investment team and serves as a liaison for the team and key investment decision makers, communicating process and results of the firm’s investment strategies. Danan joined Thornburg in 2016.

Prior to Thornburg, Danan served as portfolio manager for the Strategic Growth Bancorp family of banks, managing various strategies for institutions and individual investors. Before that, he was a financial institution specialist with the FDIC. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Army. Danan graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management with a BBA, concentrating in finance. He is a CFA charterholder.

Di Zhou is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. Di joined the firm in 2010 as an equity research analyst, was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2014, and was named portfolio manager and managing director in 2015.

Di holds a BA in business administration from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Prior to graduate school, she was employed at Wilshire Associates.

Jim Gassman is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. Jim joined the firm in 2011 as a senior equity research analyst, was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2014, and was named portfolio manager and managing director in 2018.

Jim holds a BS in business administration from the University of the Pacific and an MBA from Tulane University. Prior to joining Thornburg, Jim was employed at Baird Investment Management as a senior equity analyst and AIM Investments as an analyst and portfolio manager.

Charles Roth is global markets editor for Thornburg Investment Management. Prior to joining Thornburg in 2013, Charles was an assistant managing editor at Dow Jones Newswires, the Wall Street Journal’s real-time financial news and analysis division, where he oversaw its bureaus in Latin America as well as the New York–based emerging markets group. He had previously served as a senior writer in the emerging markets group, bureau chief in Venezuela, and staff reporter in Malaysia.

Charles earned BA degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MA from the Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali.