President, Primus Asset Management
Charles McLendon joined the Company in March 2006 as President of Primus Asset Management, and in that role, he is leading the build out of Primus' asset management business. Prior to joining the company, Mr. McLendon held a number of senior positions at Bank of America from 1998 to 2005. Most recently, he was Global Head, Investment Grade Group, at Bank of America, with responsibility for all investment grade sales, trading and syndicate activities. This included corporate bond, credit derivatives, and structured credit products, as well as internally and externally managed structured credit investment vehicles. Mr. McLendon's other positions included Head of Global Structured Products and Head of Structured Credit Products, roles that included responsibility for the bank's structured credit, CDO, tax, and pension/insurance products. Prior to Bank of America, Mr. McLendon worked for Union Bank of Switzerland from 1992 to 1998 where he was co-head of credit and interest rate swaps marketing to financial institutions. Earlier in his career, Mr. McLendon held positions in the derivative markets at General Re Financial Products and Bankers Trust. Mr. McLendon received an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School in 1985 and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1981. |