Mitchell S. Garfin, CFA, Managing Director, is Co-Head of the Global Leveraged Finance team within BlackRock’s Private Financing Solutions (PFS) Platform. The Leveraged Finance team manages approximately $100 billion of dedicated high yield and leveraged loan strategies on a global and regional basis. Mr. Garfin, together with David Delbos, leads the team and oversees dedicated Global, U.S., European, and Asia high yield and leveraged loan strategies, as well as the Magnetite and BlackRock European CLO franchises.
Mr. Garfin’s tenure with the firm dates back to 1997 when he joined as an Analyst. He spent three years in the Account Management Group where he maintained responsibility for developing and maintaining relationships with the firm’s taxable financial institution clients. In 2000, Mr. Garfin moved to the investment side of the business where he initially spent four years as an investment grade credit research analyst. Here, he was responsible for providing investment recommendations on companies in the metals & mining, paper & packaging, utilities and energy sectors. In 2005, Mr. Garfin transitioned to a portfolio management role with the investment grade credit team where he was responsible for sector positioning and trading within the commodities and basic materials sectors. Since 2007, Mr. Garfin has been a portfolio manager with the high yield credit team, and he assumed his current, senior responsibilities in 2014.
Mr. Garfin earned a bachelor’s degree, with distinction, in Finance from the University of Michigan in 1997 and an MBA degree in Finance and Economics from NYU Stern in 2005.
