Mr. Boucher is a Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income group, specializing in high-yield products. He is a Portfolio Manager of Putnam High Yield Fund and Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund. Previously at Putnam, he was a Portfolio Manager in the U.S. High Yield group and an Analyst covering the automotive, aerospace, and technology sectors. Mr. Boucher managed European high-yield portfolios and the allocation of global high-yield portfolios from Putnam’s London office. He joined Putnam in 1998 and has been in the investment industry since 1985.