Biography

Chidie Okpoebo is a Senior Investment Analyst on the Full Discretion Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company, focusing primarily on high yield. In this role, he works with the portfolio managers on the analysis of value and credit worthiness in the high yield market and acts as a conduit between the team, the high yield trading desk and portfolio specialists.

Chidie joined Loomis Sayles in 2013 as a Client Portfolio Analyst, supporting client service teams and addressing client requests for investment information. He was promoted to Senior Client Portfolio Analyst in 2016, joined the high yield trading desk in 2018 and moved to the Full Discretion Team in 2021. Previously, Chidie was a senior audit associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He earned a BA from the College of the Holy Cross and a joint MS and MBA from Northeastern University.

About the Full Discretion Team

Investors on the Full Discretion team

Matt Eagan, CFA
Head of the Full Discretion Team, Portfolio Manager
Brian Kennedy
Portfolio Manager
Peter Sheehan
Portfolio Manager
Eric Williams
Portfolio Manager
Bryan Hazelton, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Associate Portfolio Manager, Investment Grade Corporate Strategist
Chris Romanelli, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Associate Portfolio Manager, High Yield Corporate Strategist
Scott Darci, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Associate Portfolio Manager, Convertibles & Equity Strategist
Steve LaPlante, CFA
Portfolio Manager & Securitized Strategist
Hassan Malik, PhD, CFA
Sovereign Portfolio Manager; Global Macro Strategist, Thematics & CEEMEA
Nicole Ranzinger
Senior Research Analyst
Ryan Yackel
Senior Research Analyst
David Zielinski, CFA
Investment Director
Cheryl Pollock Stober
Investment Director
Kristen Doyle
Associate Investment Director
Matthew Green
Product Management Analyst
Shong Xiao, CFA
Senior Investment Analyst
Elizabeth DiTomasso, CFA
Senior Investment Analyst
Jack Rotondi, CFA
Investment Analyst
Meredith Sweeney
Investment Analyst
Rigas Gartaganis
Portfolio Specialist
Matt Tierney
Portfolio Specialist
Boeurn Kan-Crawford
Portfolio Specialist
Amy Steede
Portfolio Specialist