Philip A. Barach

PHILIP A. BARACH is President and Chief Executive Officer of the TCW
Group. Mr. Barach is also a Group Managing Director and Chief Investment
Officer of Investment Grade Fixed Income of the TCW Group. Mr. Barach is
a member of the TCW Group’s MBS Group. Mr. Barach joined TCW in 1987
after being employed by Sun Life Insurance Company, where he was Senior
Vice President and Chief of Investments. Previously, Mr. Barach served
as head of Fixed Income Investments for the State of California
Retirement System. Mr. Barach attended the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, where he received a BA degree in International Relations and
an MBA degree in Finance.