Firm Leadership & Senior Investment Professionals
At Muzinich, we believe trust is the foundation on which the firm is built. We take our fiduciary responsibilities very seriously, hiring professionals that live and invest by these same values. We believe that collaborative and positive leadership play an important role in the investment process.
Our credit team has the perspective that comes from many years of experience navigating through numerous market cycles.
Below you will find bios of our leadership team and senior investment professionals in our Public team.
Prior to joining Muzinich, Paul was Managing Director and Head of Investment Operations for New York Life Investment Management, where he spent 10 years leading the operations, technology delivery, marketing, client services, administration, and financial functions supporting the Fixed Income Investors division of the firm. Previously, he managed product and project management functions to support the Investor Services division at J.P. Morgan Chase. He also managed the corporate treasury and investment accounting functions at CNA Financial. Paul earned a B.S. in Finance and Accounting at Rider University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Joined Muzinich: 2014
Prior to joining Muzinich, Michael worked for Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. in Cologne, Germany where he was an account officer heading the handling of European government and multinational organizations. Previously, he worked for Manufacturers Hanover Trust and for Deutsche Bank where he completed Deutsche Bank’s professional training program. Michael is a graduate of the German Banking Academy.
Joined Muzinich: 1998
Prior to joining Muzinich, Cheryl was a Vice President at GSC Partners, a US and U.K.-based investment adviser specializing in corporate debt including distressed and mezzanine debt, as well as structured products. Previously, she served as a Director for distressed debt and equity hedge fund investment adviser, Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Co., Inc. Cheryl earned a B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Mount Holyoke College where she was a Sarah Williston Scholar, and an M. Phil. in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University where she was a Marshall Scholar focusing on development economics and oil policy.
Joined Muzinich: 2003
Prior to joining Muzinich, Fenton was with Credit Suisse, where he spent 5 years as Chief of Staff overseeing Global Human Resources, Branding, Corporate Communications, Corporate Citizenship and the Centers of Excellence and 4 years as Chief Operating Officer of the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of the Corporate Finance & Strategy Practice at McKinsey & Co and in investment banking, primarily with Merrill Lynch in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Fenton earned a B.S. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is the former Chair of the Parents’ Advisory Board and the Bing OSP Council at Stanford University.
Joined Muzinich: 2017
Vikram joined Muzinich as an analyst, focusing on the gaming, lodging, leisure, airlines and technology industries, while previously focusing on cable, media, and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining Muzinich, Vikram was at J.P. Morgan where he worked as a High Yield Credit Research Analyst. Previously, he worked on the private side at J.P. Morgan in lending groups for both Investment Bank and Middle Market companies. Vikram earned a B.S. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from New York University.
Joined Muzinich: 2017
John joined Muzinich in 2021 as a Senior Credit Analyst covering the real estate, building materials, packaging, chemicals and consumer products sectors. John has over 15 years of corporate credit experience working in both research and portfolio management roles. Prior to joining Muzinich, John was at Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he spent five years as Vice President/Senior High Yield Analyst and managed the high yield sleeve of the firm’s Real Estate Balanced Portfolio. Prior to that, John spent three years at Legal & General Investment Management as a Senior High Yield Analyst and five years at AllianceBernstein as a Corporate Credit Research Analyst. John received a BA degree in Economics from Hobart College and is a CFA Charterholder.
Joined Muzinich: 2021
Stuart is a Portfolio Manager at Muzinich and has 19 years of corporate credit experience. Prior to joining Muzinich, Stuart worked for ECM Asset Management Limited, where he was a Portfolio Manager responsible for loan and high yield investments in multi-strategy and asset-class-specific programmes and credit analysis of senior and subordinated loan positions across a wide range of industries for all of ECM’s portfolios. Stuart started his career at Tullett & Tokyo Liberty Ltd. Stuart earned a B.Sc. from the Faculty of Science at St Andrews University.
Joined Muzinich: 2016
Joseph joined Muzinich in 2010. He is a Portfolio Manager focusing on U.S. high yield. Prior to joining Muzinich, Joseph worked at Babson Capital Management where he was Managing Director and Senior Investment Analyst. Previously, he held Senior Analyst positions in high yield research at CIBC World Markets and Citicorp Securities. Joseph earned a B.A., Epsilon Sigma Pi, cum laude, from Manhattan College, and an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from Fordham University where he finished his degree with honor designations Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma. He was formally credit trained at the Citicorp Global Institute of Finance and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Joined Muzinich: 2010
Tatjana Greil-Castro joined Muzinich in 2007 and is a Portfolio Manager with nearly three decades’ corporate credit experience. She is a founding member of the European Leveraged Finance Association and a member of the European Central Bank’s Bond Market Contact Group. Tatjana owns and operates a mixed farm in the UK based on regenerative principles. Prior to joining Muzinich, Tatjana worked for Metlife Investments, where she served as an Associate Director of the High Return Unit. Tatjana also worked as Senior Portfolio Manager in European high yield for Fortis Investments and as a Portfolio Manager and Credit Analyst at Legal & General Investment Management. She started her career as a high yield telecom analyst with Merrill Lynch. She has an M.Sc./B.S. in Economics from the University of Vienna, a Masters from the Kiel Institute of World Economics in Germany, and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics & Political Science.
Joined Muzinich: 2007
Ian joined Muzinich in 2013. He has Portfolio Management responsibilities on our Investment Grade and Crossover Strategies. Prior to joining Muzinich, Ian spent two years at the Royal Bank of Canada in their Wealth and Investment Management division, and previously worked at Lazard and JP Morgan. Ian earned a Masters in Engineering from the University of Oxford, where he received academic awards including a scholarship from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Ian sits on the Engagement Committee of the European Leveraged Finance Association, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a candidate for the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.
Joined Muzinich: 2013
Warren is a Portfolio Manager at Muzinich and has 20 years of corporate credit experience. Prior to joining Muzinich, Warren worked for Schroders, where he was a Global Portfolio Manager and later, the Senior Portfolio Manager for Global Emerging Markets. In the latter role, he managed about $2 billion and helped to develop the firm’s emerging markets corporate capabilities. Previously, Warren was the Head of European Money Markets at UniCredito Italiano. Warren has a BSc in Mathematics for Business from the Middlesex University London, and later received his MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance from the CASS Business School. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Joined Muzinich: 2013
Michael is a Head of Public Markets/Portfolio Manager at Muzinich and has 32 years of corporate credit experience. Prior to joining Muzinich, Michael was president and Head of the High Yield Division at Seix Advisors, Inc. At Seix Advisors, Michael was the founding partner of the high yield strategy that grew to over $13 billion under his leadership. Prior to Seix Advisors, Michael served in various research and portfolio management capacities at American General Corp. and at Capital Holding Corporation. Michael holds a B.A. in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.B.A. from Rice University. Michael holds the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation.
Joined Muzinich: 2012
Sam joined Muzinich in 2016. He is a Portfolio Manager focusing on syndicated loans. Prior to joining Muzinich, Sam was with ECM Asset Management Limited, where he was a Portfolio Manager responsible for loan and high yield investments in the firm’s pooled loan programmes, as well as being responsible for loan trading across all ECM portfolios. Sam started his career at Bank of Scotland and BNP Paribas before ECM. He is a graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Joined Muzinich: 2016
Eric is a Portfolio Manager with an investment grade specialization. Eric originally joined the Firm as a Senior Credit Analyst from TD Asset Management where he spent five years as an Investment Grade Credit Research Analyst and a Client Portfolio Manager. Prior to that, Eric spent four years at Société Générale as a U.S. Credit Analyst. Eric received a BA degree in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts and is a CFA Charterholder.
Joined Muzinich: 2021
Mel worked at Muzinich & Co. from 2011 to 2020 as a credit analyst. He moved to Singapore in 2017 to focus on Asia ex-China credit across high yield and investment grade, having previously covered European credit in London. In 2023 Mel rejoined the Firm as a Portfolio Manager focused on Asia Credit. Prior to his return, he worked at Global Evolution where he was Head of Asia Credit. Mel’s previous experiences include being a Director at MetLife Investments Limited where he served in both the High Grade and High Return teams. He also served as an Associate Analyst in the Leveraged Finance team of the European Corporate Finance department at Moody’s Investors Service in London. Mel earned a B.A. in Economics, with Honours, from Cambridge University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation as well as the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing.
Joined Muzinich: 2023
Richard joined Muzinich in 2017. He is an Analyst/Portfolio Manager focused on European credits. Prior to joining Muzinich, Richard was at Citi as a Credit Sector Specialist covering a wide range of investment grade corporate issuers but specialising in the autos, utilities, energy and retail sectors. Prior to that, he worked as a desk Analyst at UBS focused on European investment grade Industrials. Previously Richard worked at RBS in a range of credit research roles including mid and large cap counterparty research, publishing research, desk research and credit strategy. Richard is a qualified chartered accountant and earned an honours degree in Economics from the University of Warwick.
Joined Muzinich: 2017
Corentin joined Muzinich in 2016. He has Portfolio Management responsibilities in our Investment Grade and Crossover Strategies, focusing on the European market. Corentin has 13 years of corporate credit experience and joined us from Mitsubishi UFJ Securities where he spent four years as a Convertible Bond trader and Book runner. Prior to that, Corentin was a research analyst at Mariana Capital. Corentin earned a BSc and a MSc in Finance from École Supérieur de Gestion et Finance of Paris and a MSc in Global Banking & Finance from the European Business School of London. Corentin holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Joined Muzinich: 2016