Experience

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  Fitch ratings

  Sept 1989 - Dec 1992

  Vice president

  Group head responsible for insurance company ratings. Developed rating criteria and research products, marketed services, and published rating actions. Established ratings practice as part of firm buyout and new management team.

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  Bear stearns

  Dec 1992 - Aug 1997

  Managing director

  Senior fixed income research analyst for high yield investments. Voted to Institutional Investor magazine’s All-American Fixed-Income Research Team.

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  Sg cowen

  Aug 1997 - May 1999

  Director

  Head of media and telecommunications high yield research in leveraged finance group of global bank Societe Generale.

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  Lehman brothers

  May 1999 - Sept 2002

  Senior vice president

  Senior fixed income research analyst for high yield investments. Voted to Institutional Investor magazine’s All-American Fixed-Income Research Team.

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  Barings llc

  Oct 2002 - Mar 2015

  Managing director and senior portfolio manager

  Senior portfolio manager overseeing $3.3 billion in leveraged loan assets in structured vehicles (CLOs), warehouse financing vehicles, and total return funds. Portfolio asset selection, trade execution, fund compliance, cash management, and investor relations. Consistently outperformed market benchmarks in fund management. Oversight of underwriting, structuring, syndication, and third-party financing for leading loan origination platform.

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  Apex credit partners llc

  Apr 2015 - now

  Managing director and chief investment officer

  Chief investment officer and founder of $5 billion CLO management platform. Oversight of portfolio management, credit research, trading, operations, and investor relations. Over ten year track record of CLO management with consistent outperformance of market benchmarks.