Ketish Pothalingam is currently working as a senior advisor to the UK Debt Management Office (UKDMO) on policy, markets and research. In this role he provides insight and analysis on capital markets as well as advising the UK DMO and the His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) on the sustainable bond markets. He became a non-executive director of Allia C&C in 2025. He is on the board and chair of the UK Board of the Alsama Project, Honorary Treasurer of the Ellison Cliffe Charitable Trust and as external advisor on fixed income the the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST). Before retiring from full time employment, Ketish worked at Pimco Europe Ltd where he was an Executive Director and responsible for Pimco’s sterling credit business for fourteen and half years. At Pimco, Ketish was also a founding member of the ESG/Sustainable Finance team and was board member of the Pimco UK Foundation. Before joining Pimco, he worked as fund manager at Threadneedle Asset Management, a trader at Lehman Brothers, HSBC Markets and Mitsubishi T+B C.