Ethel Yamamoto

A professional portfolio manager with a focus on credit and corporate banking, Ethel has a broad knowledge of various domestic and international markets and investments. She has held various banking positions with major investment centers, where she held responsibility for the risk management strategies of those institutions’ credit groups. Ethel’s background transcends corporate finance, corporate restructurings, supervisory and regulatory audits & reporting, collateralized debt obligations, portfolio review & provisions, and overall risk management and counterparty risk for the credit markets. Her skills earned her placement as a Guest Lecturer and as a Panel member for the University of San Diego’s School of Business, in addition to being a founding member of the School of Business Alumni Association Council. Now a private portfolio manager, Ethel oversees a high seven figure investment portfolio, focusing on the overall credit investment strategy and management while coordinating with that account’s assigned money manager. A diversified portfolio of municipal bonds represents 20% of the total, as an asset class. Prior to her current consulting, Ethel was with Bank of America (Los Angeles, CA) for 16 years, where she held various domestic and international banking positions. She then expanded her career with Paribas (acquired by BNP and now known as BNP Paribas) where she was a senior officer in different capacities and locations worldwide, for another 16 years. Ethel is regarded for her approachable means to lecture and educate others on credit analysis, risk management and portfolio strategies & management – both from an international and domestic perspective.