Edwin Ferrell Email & Phone Number

Newport Beach, California, United States

Senior member of Pacific Life Investment team which manages the company’s $131 billion fixed income, real estate, and private equity holdings in the General Account portfolio. Report directly to the Global Chief Investment Officer. Responsible for all non-investment departmental operations including program management, commercial mortgage loan servicing, and technological support. Prepare and oversee the department’s $140 million budget. Directly and indirectly supervise a staff of 30 investment and servicing professionals.

Newport Beach, California, United States

Senior member of the company’s fixed income investment team with primary responsibility for overseeing and managing credit risk for the company’s $88 billion fixed income portfolio. Reported directly to the Head of Fixed Income. Directly and indirectly supervised a staff of 20 corporate, municipal, structured, and sovereign credit analysts in both the public and private placement markets.Additional responsibilities and accomplishments: Designed and implemented department’s Third-Party investment partnership strategy. Co-sponsored multi-year enterprise-wide investment data transformation effort. Pillar Head of enterprise Responsible Investing Corporate Social Responsibility. Member of the Pacific Life Investment Impairment Committee.

Carmel, Indiana, United States

Co-headed the investment process with responsibilities over Credit Research, High Yield Trading, and Portfolio Management of a $26 billion portfolio for affiliated and unaffiliated clients. Directly and indirectly oversaw a staff of 22 investment professionals. Served on the company’s Risk Policy Committee, Private Placement Committee, and Real Estate Committee. Served as Director of Credit Research (2004-2007); and Vice President Investment Research (2001-2004) covering the Emerging Markets, Aerospace/Defense, Airline, and Transportation sectors. Additional responsibilities and accomplishments: Created and managed the company’s private placement effort. Managed the teams responsible for the firm’s CLO’s and Closed-end High Yield Fund. Responsibilities included presenting to the Fund’s independent board, interfacing with external investors, and ensuring compliance with both internal and external portfolio guidelines. Rebuilt the company’s presence within the Emerging Market dealer community.

Houston, Texas, United States

Served as investment manager and strategist for $8.5 billion of international investments spread across 47 countries. Major responsibilities included utilizing top-down sovereign analysis to identify and evaluate relative value opportunities in the international public fixed income market for the trading desk; providing political and economic briefings for upper management and other analysts; and managing country exposure risks in the international portfolio. Additional responsibilities and accomplishments: • Developed and expanded the company’s Emerging Market presence four-fold in 2 years to $950 million. • Jointly managed a $35 million fixed income total return portfolio of Emerging Market assets.• Contributed analytical work towards the completion of several CBO’s.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Served as Senior Sovereign Analyst in charge of Emerging Markets including the regions of Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Responsible for analyzing and evaluating sovereign fixed income, derivative, and structured investments for inclusion in the company’s nearly $4 billion foreign investment universe. Instrumental in developing the firm’s framework for sovereign credit analysis and portfolio benchmark exposure limits. Additional responsibilities and accomplishments: • Negotiated private placement fixed income deal terms with investment bankers and underwriters. • Assisted in the daily management of the firm’s non-dollar International Bond Account. • Performed currency analysis and executed foreign currency hedging strategies. • Served as a member of the investment committee of Principal Mexico, S.A.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Taught courses in introductory corporate finance and international finance to a combination of undergraduate and graduate students in the business program. Utilized both lectures and self-written case studies to demonstrate a variety of topics from credit analysis to currency hedging techniques.

Masters Of Business Administration In International Management, International Finance, With Distinction

Bachelor Of Science In Foreign Service, International Economics, Magna Cum Laude