Mr. Mitchell joined Guggenheim in 2009 and serves as the Senior Advisor to the Global Chief Investment Officer. With more than 35 years of experience in portfolio management, commercial banking, and credit analysis, Mr. Mitchell assists the Global CIO in all aspects of the investment business including portfolio performance, risk management and business development. He works directly with equity team to streamline investment processes and collaborate on shared fundamental research to enhance risk-adjusted returns. He is a member of the Portfolio Construction Group. Mr. Mitchell spent 13 years with three large west coast financial institutions, where he held a variety of senior positions including commercial lending officer, Comptroller, Treasurer and Asset/Liability Manager. Mr. Mitchell was with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, the 2nd largest Retirement System in the U.S., from 1988 to 2000 were he was the Director of Fixed Income, Director of Public Assets and Chief Investment Officer. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Mitchell was a Managing Director at Metropolitan West Financial and Chief Investment Officer at Maple Stone Capital specializing in the valuation and management of high yield bonds, bank loans and special situations. Mr. Mitchell is the Investment Committee Chairman for the University of Idaho’s Foundation and is a Fellow on the Milken Institute’s Emerging Domestic Markets and Financial Innovations Group. He holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Idaho and an MBA from Idaho State University.