Saffet Ozbalci

Saffet Ozbalci

Managing Director, Global Head of Structured Credit

Saffet Ozbalci, Managing Director, Global Head of Structured Credit within BlackRock’s Fundamental Fixed Income platform. He is responsible for leading BlackRock’s CLO investing and broadly syndicated CLO management businesses.

 

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2012, Mr. Ozbalci was Head of CLO Trading at BNP Paribas. Previously, Mr. Ozbalci was a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), primarily responsible for investments in securitized assets including ABS, RMBS, CLO and CDOs. In his previous role, he was the lead portfolio manager at Securities Finance Trust Company, primarily focusing on securitized assets and portfolio structuring.

 

Mr. Ozbalci earned a BS degree in Civil Engineering from Middle East Technical University and an MBA/MS degree in Finance from Boston College.