Ryan Cook, CFA®

Ryan is a Portfolio Manager for Pugh Capital’s Core Plus strategy and has been with the firm for 10 years. He also serves as Chair of the Investment Committee. Ryan has a strong credit and absolute return background and contributes to the intellectual fabric of our investment process.

Ryan has 30 years of work experience. He joined Pugh Capital in 2014, bringing more than 20 years of experience in portfolio management, credit research, analysis, and trading. During his tenure at Pugh Capital, he has been responsible for managing and mentoring members of the credit research and portfolio management teams helping to develop the next generation of talent. He has also served as a member of the Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Pugh Capital, Ryan worked for Cardinal Point Capital as a Senior Credit Analyst, where he covered investment grade, crossover and high yield credits. He also served as Director, Credit for ORIX USA where he led a team that was responsible for the management of corporate bond, leveraged loan and structured products portfolios.

Ryan graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Business Management.