Ruta Ziverte
Head of fixed income
for William Blair Investment Management and portfolio manager for the Low
Duration, Core Fixed Income, Sustainable Fixed Income, and Intermediate Fixed
Income strategies. In this role, she is responsible for developing and
executing our fixed-income growth strategy (in conjunction with other members
of the team), team leadership, and select portfolio management. Before joining
William Blair, Ruta worked at Oppenheimer Funds, where she was the portfolio
manager for the Global High Yield Fund and co-portfolio manager for the Global
Strategic Income Fund. She also led a team of fixed-income credit analysts.
Before joining Oppenheimer Funds in 2015, Ruta worked at GE Asset Management,
where she most recently served as executive managing director and high-yield
portfolio manager. Previously at GE, Ruta was a team leader and senior analyst,
co-managing a leveraged finance research team, and was responsible for
developing and implementing the firm's credit processes and procedures. Earlier
in her career, Ruta was a credit analyst with Citigroup/Travelers Life and
Annuity. She also worked at Phoenix Investment Partners.
Education: B.S. in business administration from the
University of Latvia; M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2019