Marcelo Assalin, CFA
Marcelo
Assalin, CFA, partner, is the head of William Blair's emerging markets debt
(EMD) team, on which he also serves as a portfolio manager. He is also a member
of William Blair Investment Management's leadership team. Before joining
William Blair, Marcelo was head of EMD at NN Investment Partners, a role he
began in 2015, and lead portfolio manager for blended debt portfolios.
Previously, he was the lead portfolio manager for NNIP's local currency
strategies. Before joining NNIP in 2013, Marcelo was a senior EMD portfolio
manager and head of emerging market sovereign debt and local currency at ING IM
USA (now Voya Financial). Before that, he worked in various capacities,
including CIO from 2005 to 2008, at SulAmerica Investimentos. Marcelo began his
career as a credit analyst at Bank Boston in Sao Paulo, covering Brazilian
companies.
Education: B.A., Business
Administration & Accounting, University
of São Paulo
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2020
Marco Ruijer, CFA
Marco Ruijer, CFA, is
a hard currency portfolio manager on William Blair's emerging markets debt (EMD)
team. Before joining William Blair, Marco was the lead portfolio manager on NN
Investment Partners' EMD team, where he was responsible for managing EMD hard
currency portfolios. Before joining NNIP in 2013, Marco was a senior fund
manager for EMD at Mn Services in the Netherlands, where he managed various EMD
portfolios. Before that, he worked with Mn Services' investment strategy and
risk management team. Marco began his career in 1998 as an investment trainee
at Mn. Marco received an M.A. in international financial economics from the
University of Amsterdam.
Education: M.A., International Financial Economics, University of Amsterdam
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2020