Russell Gannaway is a managing director and portfolio manager in the New York office of PIMCO. He is a senior member of the tactical opportunities portfolio management team and a member of various investment committees across PIMCO’s alternative credit and private strategies platform. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2009, he served as an associate with JER Partners in New York. He has specialized in commercial real estate and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), including mezzanine loans, B notes, and CMBS B pieces. Gannaway has 18 years of investment experience and holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Georgia.