Howe is Managing Director and Head of Asian Fixed Income at Principal Global Investors. He has regional oversight and management of the fixed income portfolio management, research and trading team in Asia. Howe joined from Amundi Asset Management where he was Director and Head of Asian Fixed Income and before that as portfolio manager in the emerging market team at Standish Mellon Asset Management. Prior to Standish, Howe was Lead Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income at the Reserves Management Department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore based in London and Singapore. He began his career at the Ministry of Trade and Industry as a management associate of the Singapore Administrative Service, covering economicand trade relations with Asian countries and was based in both China and Singapore. Howe received a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science with double majors in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.