Kristin Ceva, is a Managing Director at Payden & Rygel. Kristin is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Committee and is a Senior Portfolio Manager directing the firm’s emerging market debt strategies. She also is a frequent speaker at industry forums, focusing on topics related to international investing and emerging markets.
Prior to joining Payden & Rygel, Kristin worked as a consultant for Deloitte & Touche, and with a number of international policy institutes including: the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and the North America Forum at Stanford University.
Kristin serves as board member for EMpower, a non-profit organization founded by emerging markets financial professionals to support at-risk youth and is on the California Committee of Human Rights Watch.
Kristin earned a PhD from Stanford University in Political Science with an emphasis on international political economy. She was a Fulbright Scholar based in Mexico City. Kristin has completed extensive economic and political research on emerging markets and is fluent in Spanish. She received a BBA in Finance from Texas A&M University.