Ernie Chesculescu

Ernie Chesculescu, CFA, currently serves as a Senior Director at Barings since April 2022. Prior experience includes the role of Executive Director at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking from September 2021 to March 2022 and Director at NatWest Markets Plc from 2013 to September 2021, where involvement as a senior originator and distributor facilitated the raising of $25 billion equivalent through Private Placement transactions. This achievement contributed to NatWest's recognition as the #1 agent for UK and European debt Private Placements, earning Global Capital's “Best Agent of International US Private Placements” award twice. Earlier career experience includes serving as Associate Director at MetLife Investment Management from 2006 to 2013, managing approximately $5 billion equivalent, and as Assistant Manager at Deloitte from 2002 to 2005, where audit management encompassed financial services clients. Ernie Chesculescu holds a Master of Arts in Modern Languages: French & Spanish from the University of Oxford.