Jeffrey Bakalar

Jeff Bakalar is Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer in the senior loan group at Voya Investment Management. He co-heads the group with Dan Norman, and is chairman of the group’s investment committee. Jeff is also currently serving as Co-Chair of the board of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association. Jeff began his career in 1987 at Continental Bank in Chicago, subsequently serving as vice president and senior credit officer at The First National Bank of Chicago. Jeff holds a bachelors’ degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a MBA from DePaul University.