Hinds Howard leads CBRE Clarion's MLP investment team. CBRE Clarion is an asset management firm with more than $25B in assets under management. Prior to joining CBRE Clarion Securities in 2013, Howard was a portfolio manager and partner managing separate accounts with a MLP investment focus at Guzman Investment Strategies. While at Guzman, Howard managed client portfolios investing in MLPs and North American energy securities. He previously worked for Lehman Brothers, analyzing and modeling public and private energy MLPs, first in the investment banking division and subsequently for an investment fund investing in MLPs. He has more than 10 years of MLP investment experience. Howard earned a master's degree in business administration from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in finance from Boston University (summa cum laude). He has been the author of a blog on MLPs since 2009 (mlpguy.com).