Adrienne Butler

Co-Head of U.S. High Yield

Charlotte, NC

Adrienne Butler is Co-Head of Barings’ U.S. High Yield Investments Group and Head of U.S. CLO Funds. She is also a member of the U.S. High Yield Investment Committee. She is responsible for new CLO marketing and formation as well as existing CLO portfolio management. Adrienne has worked in the industry since 1990 and her experience has encompassed sell-side relationship banking, media and telecom specialty lending, and CLO portfolio management. Prior to joining the firm in 2002, she was part of the acquisition of First Union Institutional Debt Management (“IDM”), where she was a senior analyst in IDM’s Loan Research Group. Before IDM, she was a vice president/relationship manager at First Union Corporation and worked in corporate banking at First Union National Bank of South Carolina. She also served as a loan officer at NationsBank. Adrienne holds a B.A. from Furman University and an M.B.A. from University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.