Mr. Barnard joined Westwood in 2020 and serves as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager. He manages a wide variety of investment mandates with a focus on corporate credit, municipal, U.S. Treasury and U.S. Agency bonds for Institutional and Private Wealth clients. Prior to joining Westwood, Mr. Barnard was an associate portfolio manager at Amundi Pioneer in Boston, Massachusetts. He helped design, launch and manage numerous customized investment solutions for both institutional and retail clients during his time with Amundi Pioneer. During his 14-year tenure, Mr. Barnard also jointly developed a risk management solution that was utilized across the entire firm for all fixed income portfolios.

Mr. Barnard is a CFA® charterholder and graduated with a BS in finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder.