Brian Taylor

Brian is the Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. He serves on the firm's Compliance, Risk Management, Terms, and Counterparty Credit Committees. Prior to Pine River's inception, Brian began his career at EBF & Associates in 1988 as a trader, becoming head of the convertible arbitrage group in 1994, and was named a Partner in 1997. His responsibilities included portfolio management, marketing, product development, and trading information systems development. He received an MBA with a concentration in Finance and a specialization in Statistics from the University of Chicago in 1988 and a BS in Accounting with a minor in Mathematics summa cum laude from Millikin University in 1986. Brian proudly serves on the Board of Directors for Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ), an organization established to permanently close the achievement gap and end generational poverty in North Minneapolis.