Saluda Grade names chief strategy officer as it grows into a broader ABF platform

Author: Guelda Voien

Saluda Grade has elevated former head of private credit Blake Eger to the newly created role of chief strategy officer and senior portfolio manager.

The appointment is part of the alternative investment firm’s evolution beyond residential credit and into areas that include commercial mortgages and esoteric ABF.

"I think as firms grow, making sure there's eyes across the platform becomes even more important,” Eger told 9fin.

She will essentially coordinate and communicate with both sides of the house, with business development, investment relations and marketing reporting up to her moving forward.

Eger’s task then becomes “making sure that we can both underwrite new assets and that our investment conclusions hold up across the platform… and that those two sides of the business speak the same language,” she said.

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