David Blake
Head of Team
David Blake is Head of Polen Capital’s Leveraged Credit Team. Prior to this, David served on the firm’s Advisory Board, and had previous roles as Chief Investment Officer, Global Head of Fixed Income, and Head of Public Markets at Principal Asset Management, where he oversaw over $400 billion in public market assets. He also led the build out of Principal Alternative Credit, which grew to over $2 billion in assets. Mr. Blake holds an MBA and a BSBA in Finance from Saint Louis University and is a CFA charterholder.
BSBA Finance, Saint Louis University MBA Saint Louis University
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