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Connor Fitzgerald, CFA

Senior Managing Director at Wellington Management, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager


 

Background

Connor Fitzgerald, CFA, is a fixed-income portfolio manager, managing both benchmark-relative and total return-oriented portfolios for institutional investors and sub-advisory partners. As a lead portfolio manager on credit total return and intermediate credit and co-lead portfolio manager on core bond, core-bond plus, and intermediate bond, he develops investment ideas, evaluates relative value opportunities and manages risk across portfolios.

Connor joined Wellington Management in 2015. Previously, he was a portfolio manager at BlackRock, where he was responsible for investment-grade credit sleeves within multisector bond portfolios, as well as absolute-return sleeves in unconstrained nonbenchmark-oriented portfolios (2010 – 2015). Prior to that, he was an associate working as a trader for BlackRock’s investment-grade platform and a portfolio manager on a credit-centric hedge fund book. Before his time at BlackRock, he was with R3 Capital Management (2008 – 2009) and Lehman Brothers (2006 – 2008).

Connor received his BA in economics and government studies from Bowdoin College (2006). Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Experience

Professional experience since 2006

Wellington Management
2015-present

BlackRock
2009-2015

R3 Capital Management
2008-2009

Lehman Brothers
2006-2008

Education

BA, Bowdoin College

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