Luz Padilla, Portfolio Manager
Mark Christensen, Co-Portfolio Manager, Senior Credit Analyst
Su Fei Koo, Co-Portfolio Manager, Senior Credit Analyst
Valerie Ho, CFA, Analyst
Ms. Padilla joined DoubleLine in 2009. She is Senior Portfolio Manager of the Emerging Markets Fixed Income strategy. Prior to DoubleLine, she was a Managing Director at TCW since 1994, where she had served in a number of roles of increasing responsibility with the group, including Credit Analyst, Director of Research, Co-Portfolio Manager since December 2001, and lead Portfolio Manager since October 2006. She was involved in all aspects of building and managing TCW’s Emerging Markets Fixed Income business including credit, securitization, trading and marketing. While at TCW, Ms. Padilla managed the Emerging Markets Total Return Strategy. Ms. Padilla attended University of California at Berkeley as a fellow of the Robert A. Toigo Foundation and graduated with an MBA in 1994. Ms. Padilla received her Bachelor’s of Art degree in Economics in 1989 from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Mr. Christensen joined DoubleLine in 2009 as Co-Portfolio Manager and Head of Emerging Markets Corporate Research. As part of his research responsibilities, he covers corporate credits in the following sectors: telecommunications, media, aerospace, banking, pulp & paper, chemical, petroleum refining, infrastructure, gaming and retail. Prior to DoubleLine, he was a Managing Director associated with TCW since 1991, where he had been involved in building and managing TCW’s emerging markets fixed income business, including trading, marketing, and credit research, and portfolio management. Mr. Christensen graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Business Management with an emphasis in International Finance.
Ms. Koo joined DoubleLine in 2009 as Co-Portfolio Manager and Senior Credit Analyst. As part of her research responsibilities, she specializes in the analysis of corporate credits in the sectors of oil & gas, utilities, metals & mining, conglomerates, technology, transportation, and real estate. Prior to DoubleLine, she was a Senior Vice President associated with TCW since 1998. In addition to credit analysis, she was involved in marketing and since 2006 performed increasing portfolio management duties. Previously, Ms. Koo was an Assistant Treasurer at Société Générale involved in Corporate Finance. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Vice President with Bank of America in the Financial Institution Group. Ms. Koo holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Houston and an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California.
Ms. Ho joined DoubleLine in 2009. Prior to DoubleLine, Ms. Ho was an Assistant Vice President at TCW for the last three years. At TCW her responsibilities included Multi- Strategy Fixed Income analytics and managing the analytics for the group’s CDO investments. Prior to TCW, Ms. Ho worked as a Paraplanner for Ameriprise Financial. She holds a BS in Mathematics/Economics, and a Specialization in Computer Programming from University of California at Los Angeles. She is a CFA charterholder.