Harin De Silva

Mr. de Silva is a managing director and portfolio manager in the New York office and co-head of special situations, focusing on PIMCO’s opportunistic and alternative strategies within specialty finance. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2009, he was a managing director at Merrill Lynch with a focus on structured credit. Mr. de Silva previously worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and Prudential Securities, focusing on structured finance, CDOs, and credit derivatives. He began his career in the actuarial department at Royal Sun Alliance. He has 26 years of investment experience and holds an MBA in analytical finance from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Davidson College in North Carolina.