Ritchie Oriol
Senior Director, Client Portfolio Management
Ritchie Oriol is a member of Barings’ Global High Yield Client Portfolio Management team in London and is responsible for fundraising, product development and external communication of the firm’s high yield strategies across the UK and EMEA. Prior to joining Barings in 2023, he spent five years at Lord Abbett as an Investment Strategist, covering various Corporate Credit portfolios. Before this, he spent five years on the corporate credit team at alternative multi-strategy asset manager, CQS, where he was responsible for developing customized portfolio solutions, investor relations and communicating investment strategy to institutional clients. Earlier in his career, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he held various roles in distribution and product strategy and served as a member-nominated trustee for its defined benefit pension scheme. He began his career in the investment management industry in 1996 with Neuberger Berman in their U.S. mutual fund business. Ritchie holds a B.A. in economics and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
