Justin Ong is a senior research analyst in the Emerging Markets Debt Team, with a focus on Asian corporate debt. He joined Columbia Threadneedle Investments in April 2019 and the industry in 2007. Prior to his current role, he was a research analyst with Barclays for 12 years, covering European credit in London and, subsequently, Asian corporates in Singapore. Before Barclays, he was a mobile networks engineer. Justin has an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has professional proficiency in Malay and Indonesian.