Rizwan Akhter

Rizwan Akhter joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2014, Mr. Akhter was a Portfolio Manager at DiMaio Ahmad Capital where he managed a number of funds and investment portfolios specializing in leveraged loans, high yield bonds and structured credit, and at Credit Suisse in fixed income and investment banking primarily as a Structured Trader within the credit derivatives business. Prior to that, Mr. Akhter worked at General Re Financial Products in fixed income derivatives structuring and at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. as an investment banker.

Mr. Akhter earned a BA in Economics from Columbia College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.