Wayne C. Plewniak

Wayne C. Plewniak has been Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income at GAMCO since 2006.  As a portfolio manager he has over 25 years of experience managing a broad spectrum of fixed income investments from high grade to high yield, with deep experience in corporates and leveraged credit.  Mr. Plewniak was formerly with Lehman Brothers/Neuberger Berman where he served as Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager of the firm’s High Yield business, following its acquisition from Lipper & Company in 2002.  Mr. Plewniak had run the business at Lipper & Company since its inception in 1991.   Mr. Plewniak began his career at General Motors Corporation and has worked with Goldome FSB, Paribas North America and Bell Atlantic Capital prior to Lipper & Company, LLC. Mr. Plewniak has MBA in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology.