Derek Smith

About

Derek Smith, 47, has been a Managing Partner and Co-chief Investment Officer at BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, an investment firm focusing on fundamental trading strategies, since March 2014. From March 2008 until March 2014, he served as Managing Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining BlueMountain in 2008, Smith worked at Deutsche Bank, where he was a Managing Director of Global Credit Trading, managing investment grade and high-yield credit cash and derivatives desks for the United States and Europe. Before his career at Deutsche Bank, Smith spent nearly 15 years working in various aspects of the fixed income, derivatives and credit markets at Goldman Sachs, managing the U.S. government options desk as well as the investment grade credit cash and derivative desks. In 2005, Smith served as Chairman of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Credit Derivatives Market Practice Committee.

Investment Focus

Location

New York, US