Fixed income behemoth PIMCO has appointed Ravi Mattu as a managing director and head of analytics.
Mattu will start on 2 March and will oversee portfolio management analytics as well as client-facing analytics globally.
He will report to PIMCO chief executive and co-chief investment officer Mohamed A. El-Erian.
Mattu joins from Citadel Securities, where he was head of research and strategy.
He previously served as chief fixed income strategist at Citadel.
Ravi also worked for 17-years at Lehman Brothers and held several senior positions, including global head of equities and fixed income research, head of quantitative fixed income research, and head of securitized product research.
"Having a world-class integrated analytics framework has been key to PIMCO's success, and remains so. Ravi's expertise, experience and leadership skills will enable us to enhance further our capabilities in this important area," El-Erian said.
