Mark Thurgood, ACA, is a Principal, emerging markets corporate portfolio manager at PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. Previously Mr. Thurgood was a credit analyst focused on Asian corporate bonds for PGIM Fixed Income's Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Research Team, based in Singapore. Prior to joining PGIM Fixed Income in 2016, Mr. Thurgood was Head of Research at Saka Capital. Previously, Mark held positions as a credit analyst at RBS and began his career with KPMG as an insolvency and restructuring professional. He received an M.A. in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the ICAEW accountancy body and R3, the UK Association of Business Recovery Professionals.