Background

Michelle Russell-Dowe is the Head of Securitized Credit at Schroders, she is responsible for managing the Securitized Credit Team and the Securitized Credit Portfolio Strategies. She joined Schroders in 2016 and is based in New York.

Michelle was the Head of Securitized Products at Brookfield Investment Management (previously Hyperion Capital Management) from 1999 to 2016, she was responsible for managing the Securitized Products Investment Team. She was the Lead Portfolio Manager responsible for the Securitized Investment Strategies.

She was a Vice President at Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co from 1994 to 1999, where she was responsible for rating securities including residential mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities.

Previously, Ms. Russell-Dowe has been a Co-Head of the Investor Committee of the American Securitization Forum (ASF).

Funds Managed

Hartford Schroders Securitized Income Fund

Experience

Professional experience since 1994

Schroders
2016-present

Brookfield Investment Management
1999-2016

Duff & Phelps
1994-1999

Education

MBA, Columbia University

BA, Princeton University