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. Ruta received a B.S. in business administration from the University of Latvia and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Education: B.S. in business administration from the
University of Latvia; M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2019
Vesta Marks, CFA, CAIA
Portfolio Manager
for William Blair's Core Fixed Income and Low Duration Fixed Income strategies.
Before joining William Blair, Vesta worked at Tortoise Capital Advisors, where
he was a managing director and portfolio manager for fixed income and private
credit strategies focused on socially responsible investments. Before joining
Tortoise, Vesta was an executive director and portfolio manager at Palmer
Square Capital Management, where he led the firm's strategies in
mortgage-backed securities (MBS) as well as consumer and commercial asset backed
securities (ABS). Prior to joining Palmer Square, Vesta was a portfolio manager
at Semper Capital Management where he managed multiple strategies involving
Non-Agency RMBS, CMBS and ABS, and derivatives. The strategies included
registered mutual funds, a mortgage REIT, and a securitized debt hedge fund.
Earlier in his career, Vesta worked as an analyst at Earnest Partners where he
was responsible for trading and overseeing the firm's MBS positions and also
developed proprietary prepayment models for asset backed securities issued by
the Small Business Administration (SBA). Vesta is a member of the CFA
Institute, the CFA Society of New York, and the CAIA Association.
Education: B.S.; Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT)
Tenure with William Blair: Since 2021