Brent joined BlueBay in March 2014 as a Portfolio Manager within the Emerging Markets Team specialising in EM corporate bond portfolios. Brent has been the lead portfolio manager for the EM Local Currency Corporate Debt Strategy from its inception in July 2014. In September 2017, Brent was appointed Senior Portfolio Manager for the EM sovereign local currency portfolios, working closely with the sovereign debt specialists.
Prior to joining BlueBay, Brent worked for 12 years'on the sell-side, for Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank, in emerging markets as a local currency fixed income, rates and FX trader. He holds a BEng (Industrial Engineering) degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.