James E. Keenan, CFA, Managing Director, is Chief Investment Officer and Global Co-Head of Credit within BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). He leads the strategy for Global Fundamental Credit and is responsible for providing oversight of the investment process and performance, the partnerships with BlackRock's distribution channels, and the team's infrastructure as well as determining the strategic direction and growth initiatives of the platform. Jim oversees Leveraged Finance, Hedge Funds, and Private Credit businesses including opportunistic, middle market and specialty finance.

He serves on BlackRock's Global Operating Committee, BlackRock Alternative Investors Executive Committee, GFI Executive Committee, PEP and ASG Investment Committees and the Infrastructure Debt Management Committee. He is also the Chairman of the Board of the BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation.

Over the last 13 years, Jim was the portfolio manager across a variety of strategies including HY, Opportunistic and distressed portfolios and long short hedge funds. He has been responsible for building the Global fundamental credit business since 2006.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2004, Mr. Keenan held roles within credit research and trading from 1998 to 2003 at UBS Global Asset Management and at Columbia Management Group.

He also serves on Notre Dame's Wall Street Committee & Athletic Advisory Council and the Board of Good Shepherd.

Mr. Keenan earned a BBA degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame in 1998.

David Delbos, Managing Director, is the Co-Head of U.S. High Yield within BlackRock's Global Credit team. He is also responsible for managing Global High Yield strategies.

Mr. Delbos joined BlackRock in 2002 as a credit research analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group. He transitioned to a portfolio management role in 2012. 

Prior to joining the Leveraged Finance team at BlackRock in 2002, Mr. Delbos was an analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Mr. Delbos earned a BA degree, Magna Cum Laude, in history from Tufts University in 2000.

Mitchell S. Garfin, CFA, Managing Director, is the Co-Head of U.S. High Yield within BlackRock's Global Credit team. He is also responsible for managing Global High Yield strategies. 

Mr. Garfin joined BlackRock in 1997 as an analyst in the Account Management Group working with taxable financial institutional clients. He joined the Portfolio Management Group in 2000 as a credit research analyst and in 2005 moved to portfolio management.  Mr. Garfin moved to his current role in 2007 and serves as Head of the Global Credit Human Capital Committee.

Mr. Garfin earned a BA degree, with distinction, in finance from the University of Michigan in 1997, and an MBA degree in finance and economics from New York University in 2005.