Rickey Thevakarrunai, CFA
Director, Fixed Income
Rickey Thevakarrunai joined bfinance in May 2023 as a Director within the Public Markets Team. Prior to joining bfinance, Rickey spent 10 years at abrdn as a senior investment analyst covering manager selection for fixed income, equity and multi-asset funds. Rickey holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Nottingham and is a CFA charterholder.
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