Resume: Mohamed El-Erian

Portfolio manager, PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond FundBORN

Aug. 19, 1958. New York, N.Y.EDUCATION

BA, Economics, Cambridge University; MA, PhD, Economics, Oxford University, 1983CURRENT JOB

Portfolio manager, PIMCOPREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Deputy director, International Monetary Fund, 1983-97; managing director, economic research, Salomon Smith Barney, 1997-99INVESTING APPROACH

"Every morning, we ask ourselves if our views are consistent with the data coming out. We don't rely on what Wall Street tells us."