Patrick Barbe joined Neuberger Berman in 2018. He is the European fixed income head and serves as a senior portfolio manager for that asset class. He started his career as a manager of dedicated mutual funds for a BNP Paribas subsidiary. Then he led European fixed income at BNP Paribas Asset Management from 1997 to 2018. Barbe graduated in actuarial studies from the Institut de Science Financière et d'Assurances in Lyon.