Tom McCartan, FIA, CFA, is a Vice President of Liability-Driven Strategies at PGIM Fixed Income. He is responsible for the development of custom LDI solutions for their clients. Prior to joining the Firm in 2015, Tom was based in the UK where he spent the last four years at Redington, a London-based investment consultant for UK defined benefit pension plans. At Redington he advised plans on best practice for implementing LDI strategies and led a number of key LDI implementation projects for large UK pension plans. Prior to Redington he worked as an actuarial analyst with Mercer in Belfast. Tom received a BSc. with Honors in Actuarial and Financial Studies from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, the UK actuarial professional body. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.