Investment Committee Biographies

Stephen Kotsen 

Stephen Kotsen, CFA, is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager with NCRAM.  He joined NCRAM in December 1998 and has been a Portfolio Manager for NCRAM's high yield bond investments since 2000.  Upon joining NCRAM he worked as a credit analyst primarily responsible for the Gaming, Lodging, Leisure, Metals and Mining, Chemicals, Homebuilding, Building Products, Printing, Publishing, and Shipping industries. From July 1995 until December 1998 he was a portfolio manager at Lazard Freres Asset Management for a $2 billion investment-grade portfolio.  Thereafter, he became a generalist high yield research analyst and later managed an $85 million double-B rated high yield portfolio.  Mr. Kotsen received his M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1995, and his B.A. in International Relations from Princeton University in 1991.  Mr. Kotsen is a CFA^® charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute, and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.